Effect of Trypanosoma lewisi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) on the infection of white rats with Taxoplasma gondii (Eucoccidia: Sarcocystidae) oocysts

White rats were inoculated with 10(6) trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma lewisi, simultaneously or two days before and after inoculation with 10(5) oocysts of T. gondii. A greater number of cysts was found in the brain of the animals having concomitant inoculations, as compared with rats inoculated with...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Catarinella Arrea, Misael Chinchilla Carmona, Olga Marta Guerrero Bermúdez, Elizabeth Abrahams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 1998-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441998000400019