Experimental infection with the Toxoplasma gondii ME-49 strain in the Brazilian BR-1 mini pig is a suitable animal model for human toxoplasmosis

Experimental infection with the Toxoplasma gondii ME-49 strain in the Brazilian BR-1 mini pig is a suitable animal model for human toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasma gondii causes toxoplasmosis, a worldwide disease. Experimentation with pigs is necessary for the development of new therapeutic approaches to human diseases. BR-1 mini pigs were intramuscularly infected with T. gondii with tachyzoites (RH strain) or orally infected with cysts (ME-49 strai...

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Main Authors: Farlen José Bebber Miranda, Diogo Benchimol de Souza, Edwards Frazão-Teixeira, Fábio Conceição de Oliveira, João Cardoso de Melo, Carlos Magno Anselmo Mariano, Antonio Peixoto Albernaz, Eulógio Carlos Queiróz de Carvalho, Francisco Carlos Rodrigues de Oliveira, Wanderley de Souza, Renato Augusto DaMatta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Toxoplasma gondii
pig infection
haematology
parasitaemia
neutrophils
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