Preparation of purified toxoplasma gondii suspensions
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
7227866
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Ascitic Fluid parasitology MeSH
- Centrifugation MeSH
- HeLa Cells MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Mice, Inbred ICR MeSH
- Mice MeSH
- Parasitology methods MeSH
- Toxoplasma isolation & purification MeSH
- Trypsin MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Mice MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Trypsin MeSH
Simple methods for the preparation of purified suspensions of T. gondii zoites from mouse peritoneal exudate and HeLa tissue cultures are described. The suspensions from the mouse peritoneal exudate were prepared by mechanical disintegration of host cells and tryptic digestion. The average yield of purified Toxoplasma was 78%, with average purity of 99.96%. The suspensions from the tissue cultures were prepared by differential centrifugation and tryptic digestion. The average yield of Toxoplasma was 67% with average purity of 99.67%. An advantage of these procedures is their feasibility.