Clinical outcome and vertical transmission variability among canine Neospora caninum isolates in a pregnant mouse model of infection

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-366

  Dellarupe, Andrea ^a,b,c   Regidor Cerrillo, Javier ^a   Jiménez Ruiz, Elena ^a   Schares, Gereon ^d   Unzaga, Juan Manuel ^b   Venturini, María Cecilia ^b   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canine isolates; Neospora caninum; Pregnant mouse model; Vertical transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGENY; TACHYZOITE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

NEOSPORA CANINUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY WEIGHT; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84894594212     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001479     Document Type: Article

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