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Experimental Toxoplasmosis in Rats Induced Orally with Eleven Strains of Toxoplasma gondii of Seven Genotypes: Tissue Tropism, Tissue Cyst Size, Neural Lesions, Tissue Cyst Rupture without Reactivation, and Ocular Lesions

BACKGROUND: The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most widely distributed and successful parasites. Toxoplasma gondii alters rodent behavior such that infected rodents reverse their fear of cat odor, and indeed are attracted rather than repelled by feline urine. The location of the...

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Autores principales: Dubey, Jitender P., Ferreira, Leandra R., Alsaad, Mohammad, Verma, Shiv K., Alves, Derron A., Holland, Gary N., McConkey, Glenn A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4882154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27228262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156255