Abstract:
:Blood inoculation in mice showed that Toxoplasma organisms circulate in blood after 1 h of oocyst infection. Parasites were detected up to 15 days later and then disappeared from the bloodstream concomitantly with cyst formation in the brain, probably due to antibody presence. Immunosuppression caused by cortisone acetate treatment induced Toxoplasma bloodstream invasion in chronically infected mice and hamsters, causing death in some. Natural dissemination is discussed in relation with congenital toxoplasmosis. Induced immunosuppressive effect is compared with that produced by natural diseases such as Hodgkin, lymphoma, AIDS and others.
journal_name
Rev Biol Tropjournal_title
Revista de biologia tropicalauthors
Chinchilla M,Guerrero OM,Catarinella G,Reyes Lsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-08-01 00:00:00pages
197-202issue
2eissn
0034-7744issn
2215-2075journal_volume
41pub_type
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
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更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v57i3.5471
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
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更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v1i2.15285
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5197
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v58i1.20023
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v54i2.13881
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v60i3.1771
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v56i2.5610
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v64i4.21668
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.15517/rbt.v53i3-4.14666
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更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
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更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
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更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista de biologia tropical
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