Toxoplasma gondii: The effects of infection at different stages of pregnancy on the offspring of mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Wang, Tao ^a   Liu, Min ^b   Gao, Xiao Jie ^a   Zhao, Zhi Jun ^a,c   Chen, Xiao Guang ^b   Lun, Zhao Rong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital transmission; Growth and development; Mouse; Offspring; Toxoplasma gondii Prugniaud strain

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATING; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78650550510     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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