It is not only the cat that did it: How to prevent and treat congenital toxoplasmosis
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It is not only the cat that did it: how to prevent and treat congenital toxoplasmosis.
The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii was discovered a little over one hundred years ago and was soon recognized as a pathogen responsible for congenital infection. But detailed understanding of its epidemiology emerged only after 1970 with the discovery of its life cycle. In the last ten years, high resolution molecular tools have allowed the characterization of various strain types with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infection
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0163-4453
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.09.023