Distribution of <i>T. gondii</i> infection by IVIS in the small intestine of mice fed brains containing cysts.

(A) Schematic representation of mice intestine that was considered for the study. (B) IVIS images of one male and one female mouse fed brains containing cysts at 5 days post-ingestion, and one female after 3 days post-ingestion. Mice were fed with sunflower seeds to avoid an unexpected background. B’ inset in the top figure shows a bumped area of the intestine that corresponds with the bioluminescent region detected by IVIS. (C) An uninfected mouse and female mice fed brains containing cysts and small intestine after 3- or 5-days post-ingestion. (D) An uninfected mouse and male mice fed brains containing cysts and small intestine after 3- or 5-days post-ingestion. Schematic representation in (A) was created with BioRender.com. (PDF)