Experimental protothecosis in labortory animals.
Attemps were made to produce protothecosis in laboratory animals by intratesticular, intraperitoneal, intravenous and subcutaneous inoculation of Prototheca zopfii, P. wickerhamii and P stagnorta. Only intratesticular injection successfully caused infection, and of the inoculated protothecae, only P. zopfii and P. wickerhamii were recovered in culture from testicular material.
D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D007267:Injections; D051379:Mice; D011525:Prototheca / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors