Toxoplasma gondii (Eucoccidia: Sarcoystidae) dissemination pattern in rats after oral infection with oocysts of an avirulent strain

 

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Autori: Guerrero, Olga M, Chinchilla, Misael
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:1996
Descrizione:Differences in Toxoplasma gondii dissemination in white rats (Sprague Dowley) and mice (Wistar) after oral oocyst inoculation are described. Groups of five anirnals (both hosts) were infected per os with oocysts of the TCR-2 avirulent strain and the dissemination pattero was compared in brain tissue or by serology. Early dissemination was similar in both species. One hr after infection the parasite was present in blood and peritoneal exudate as well as in heart, lupg, liver, spleen, lymph nodes and brain. However, after five days there were important differences between both hosts and after 30 days, the parasite was detected only in rat heart and brain, while in mice it persisted in fluids and all organs
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/21991
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21991
Keyword:toxoplasma gondii pathology
natural resistance
rats
mice