Direct evidence of Toxoplasma-induced changes in serum testosterone in mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-183

  Kaňková, Šárka ^a   Kodym, Petr ^b   Flegr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Infection; Latent toxoplasmosis; Stress; Testosterone; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79956134181     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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