Toxoplasma gondii oral infection induces intestinal inflammation and retinochoroiditis in mice genetically selected for immune oral tolerance resistance.

Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide disease with most of the infections originating through the oral route and generates various pathological manifestations, ranging from meningoencephalitis to retinochoroiditis and inflammatory bowel disease. Animal models for these pathologies are scarce and have limitat...

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Main Authors: Raul Ramos Furtado Dias, Eulógio Carlos Queiroz de Carvalho, Carla Cristina da Silva Leite, Roberto Carlos Tedesco, Katia da Silva Calabrese, Antonio Carlos Silva, Renato Augusto DaMatta, Maria de Fatima Sarro-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113374