Toxoplasma gondii RH Ankara: Production of evolving tachyzoites using a novel cell culture method

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Deĝirmenci, Aysu ^a   Döşkaya, Mert ^a   Caner, Ayşe ^a   Çiçek, Candan ^a   Korkmaz, Metin ^a   Gürüz, Yüksel ^a   Üner, Ahmet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antigen; Cell culture; Evolving Toxoplasma gondii strains; HeLa

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC STRAIN; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79952902339     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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