Evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii placental transmission in BALB/c mice model

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-172

  Pezerico, Sandia B ^a   Langoni, Helio ^a   Da Silva, Aristeu V ^a,b   Da Silva, Rodrigo C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BALB c; Congenital infection; Crossed protection; Molecular techniques; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 68949166163     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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