"Oocysts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Zygote-containing cysts of sporozoan protozoa. Further development in an oocyst produces small individual infective organisms called SPOROZOITES. Then, depending on the genus, the entire oocyst is called a sporocyst or the oocyst contains multiple sporocysts encapsulating the sporozoites.
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D033661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.870.740.600 B05.500.675 B05.775.740.600 G07.345.500.550.500.675
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oocysts" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery stores and farms in Maryland, Ohio and Massachusetts, USA. Parasitol Res. 2017 May; 116(5):1591-1595.
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New paradigms for understanding and step changes in treating active and chronic, persistent apicomplexan infections. Sci Rep. 2016 07 14; 6:29179.
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Oral oocyst-induced mouse model of toxoplasmosis: effect of infection with Toxoplasma gondii strains of different genotypes, dose, and mouse strains (transgenic, out-bred, in-bred) on pathogenesis and mortality. Parasitology. 2012 Jan; 139(1):1-13.
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Unrecognized ingestion of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts leads to congenital toxoplasmosis and causes epidemics in North America. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec; 53(11):1081-9.