Toxoplasma IgG and IgA, but not IgM, antibody titers increase in sera of immunocompetent mice in association with proliferation of tachyzoites in the brain during the chronic stage of infection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1252-1257

  Singh, Jatinder ^a   Graniello, Carmine ^a   Ni, Yanyan ^a   Payne, Laura ^a   Sa, Qila ^b   Hester, James ^b   Shelton, Brent J ^c   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral toxoplasmosis; Epilepsy; IgA; IgG; Schizophrenia; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SULFADIAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78649870765     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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