Protection in a hamster model of congenital toxoplasmosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 359-363

  Freyre, A ^a   Araujo, F A P ^b   Fialho, C G ^b   Bigatti, L E ^b   Falcon J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Modeling; Toxoplasma gondii; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREGNANCY; PROVOCATION TEST; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MESOCRICETUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

CRICETINAE; RATTUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 83255176875     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.039     Document Type: Article

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