T. gondii oocyst infection by intraperitoneal exposure in male SCID mice. Mouse survival by percentage of cohort after exposure to T. gondii oocysts plotted against day of death postexposure by oocyst dose. Uninfected (•) mice or mice exposed to 5 (▿), 10 (▪), 50 (⋄), 500 (▴), and 5,000 (○) oocysts were monitored for moribundity for 42 days.