Structures ofToxoplasma gondiiTachyzoites, Bradyzoites, and Sporozoites and Biology and Development of Tissue Cysts | Zendy

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Structures ofToxoplasma gondiiTachyzoites, Bradyzoites, and Sporozoites and Biology and Development of Tissue Cysts

Author(s) -

J. P. Dubey,

David S. Lindsay,

C. A. Speer

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

clinical microbiology reviews

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.177

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1070-6305

pISSN - 0893-8512

DOI - 10.1128/cmr.11.2.267

Subject(s) - toxoplasma gondii , biology , in vivo , protozoa , toxoplasmosis , in vitro , parasite hosting , apicomplexa , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , immunology , protozoal disease , malaria , antibody , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science

SUMMARY Infections by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent worldwide in animals and humans. This paper reviews the life cycle; the structure of tachyzoites, bradyzoites, oocysts, sporocysts, sporozoites and enteroepithelial stages of T. gondii; and the mode of penetration of T. gondii. The review provides a detailed account of the biology of tissue cysts and bradyzoites including in vivo and in vitro development, methods of separation from host tissue, tissue cyst rupture, and relapse. The mechanism of in vivo and in vitro stage conversion from sporozoites to tachyzoites to bradyzoites and from bradyzoites to tachyzoites to bradyzoites is also discussed.

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