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Some cytochemical observations on Toxoplasma gondii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

B. Dasgupta  and
C. Kulasiri
B. Dasgupta
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
C. Kulasiri
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
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A positive Feulgen reaction has been seen in all stages of Toxoplasma gondii. The intense basophilia seen in the intracellular and the extracellular stages is removable by treatment with ribonuclease. Granules which reacted positively with the periodic acid-Schiff technique were found in abundance in the cytoplasm of the cysts, whereas the same granules were not universally present in the intracellular and the extracellular stages at all days of infection. The cyst wall stained with this technique with varying degree of intensity.

It is thought that the variations seen in the individual parasites may be attributed to various causes, for example, strain differences, differences in the reaction of the host to the parasite, differences in the period of infection or to other unknown causes.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 49 , Issue 3-4 , November 1959 , pp. 594 - 600
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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