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Published in final edited form as: Parasitology. 2011 Nov 14;139(1):1–13. doi: 10.1017/S0031182011001673

Table 4.

Histopathology of lesions of acute toxoplasmosis in BALB/c mice fed oocysts

T. gondii strain	Hrs pi.	Intestinal segments^a						M.L^f	Other tissues^g
		1	2	3	4	5	6	M.L^f	Other tissues^g
VEG	6	+^b	+	+	+	+	-^e	+	-
	24	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
	48	+	+	+	+	+	-	++	-
	72	+	+	+++^d	+++	+++	+	+++	Sp
	96	+	++^c	++	+++	+++	+	+++	Sp
ME 49	6	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
	24	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
	72	-	+	+	+	++	-	+	-
	96	-	-	++	++	++	-	++	Sp
	120	+	++	+++	+++	+++	+	+++	Sp
	120	-	+	++	+++	+++	++	+++	Lu
	144	+	+	++	+++	+++	++	+++	K, Li, Lu,Sp
	168	+	+	+	++	+++	++	+++	B.K,Li.Lu,Sp
	192	+	+	+	++	+++	++	+++	B,H,K,Li,Lu,M,Sp,T
	216	+	+	+	++	+++	++	+++	B,H,K,Li,Lu,M,Sp,T
	240	+	+	++	++	++	+	+++	B,H,K,Li,Lu,M,Sp,T
GT-1	6		+	+	+	+	-	-	-
	24	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
	48	+	+	+	+	++	-	+	-
	72	+	+	+	++	+++	-	++	-
	96	+	++	+++	+++	+++	-	+++	Sp
	120	+	++	+++	+++	+++	-	+++	Sp
	144	+	++	+++	+++	+++	-	+++	Li, Lu, Sp, St
	168	+	++	+++	+++	+++	-	+++	B, H, Li, Lu, Sp

=T. gondii not seen ,no lesion. 1-5, small intestine, 6-large intestine.

=+ Few T.gondii, no lesion,c=

=++ = T.gondii, few lesions.

d=+++ = Nearly all villi affected or severe lesions.

= no lesions, no T. gondii.

=M.L.= mesenteric lymph nodes

=B=brain, E= eye, H= heart, K=kidneys, Li=liver, Lu=lungs, , M=skeletal muscle, Sp=spleen, St=stomach,T=tongue,