An alternative technique to reveal polysaccharides in Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts

Ultrathin sections of tissue cysts isolated from the brain of Toxoplasma gondii infected mice were submitted to two different methodologies derived from the periodic acid - Schiff's reagent (PAS) technique. The use of osmium tetroxide vapor as a developing agent of the aldehyde oxidation to rev...

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Main Authors: Erick Vaz Guimarães, Laís de Carvalho, Helene Santos Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000700010