Tissue tropism and parasite burden of Toxoplasma gondii RH strain in experimentally infected mice

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 521-524

  Dadimoghaddam, Yousef ^a,b   Daryani, Ahmad ^a,b   Sharif, Mehdi ^a,b   Ahmadpour, Ehsan ^a,b   Hossienikhah, Zahra ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Murine model; Parasite burden; Quantitative PCR; Tissue tropism; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EYE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TACHYZOITE; TISSUE TROPISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPISM; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPISM;

EID: 84904765646     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60087-0     Document Type: Article

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