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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.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Dubey Jitender P, Ferreira Leandra R, Alsaad Mohammad, Verma Shiv K, Alves Derron A, Holland Gary N, McConkey Glenn A
Abstract excerpt
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 parasite encysted in the brain may influence this behavior. However, most studies are based on the highly...
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