Susceptibility to re-infection in C57BL/6 mice with recombinant strains of Toxoplasma gondii

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-437

  Brandão, Geane P ^a   Melo, Maria N ^a   Caetano, Braulia C ^b   Carneiro, Cláudia M ^c   Silva, Letícia A ^a   Vitor, Ricardo W A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UFMG   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BALB c; C57BL 6; Experimental toxoplasmosis; Re infection; Recombinant strains

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CYTOKINES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECURRENCE; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79960564286     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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