Inhibition of nitric oxide production of activated mice peritoneal macrophages is independent of the Toxoplasma gondii strain.
João Cláudio Damasceno-SáFernanda Silva de SouzaThiago Alves Teixeira Dos SantosFábio Conceição de OliveiraMaria de Fátima Sarro da SilvaRaul Ramos Furtado DiasWanderley de SouzaAndrea Cristina Veto ArnholdtSergio Henrique SeabraRenato Augusto DaMattaPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2021)
These results support that T. gondii can escape the NO microbicidal defense system at the initial phase of the infection, but only the virulent strain sustain this evasion mechanism.