Effect of citrinin and in association with aflatoxin B1 on the infectivity and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in vitro

Effect of citrinin and in association with aflatoxin B1 on the infectivity and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in vitro

Macrophages exposed to 10 mug/mL citrinin (CTR) or 0.01 mug CTR mixed with 0.04 mug aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) for a period of 2 h at 37ºC, were infected with 10(6) Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites/muL. The parasites were treated with mycotoxins (2 h at 37ºC) before being added to the macrophage culture. The...

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Main Authors: Joanna D'Arc A Herzog-Soares, Ronald Bastos Freire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Aflatoxins
imunossuspression
macrophages
citrinin
Toxoplasma gondii
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000100007&lng=en&tlng=en

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