Toxoplasma gondiiand the blood-brain barrier
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Toxoplasma gondii and the blood-brain barrier
Infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is characterized by asymptomatic latent infection in the central nervous system and skeletal muscle tissue in the majority of immunocompentent individuals. Life-threatening reactivation of the infection in immunocompromized patients originates from rupture of Toxoplasma cysts in the brain. While major progress has been made in our understa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Virulence
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2150-5594,2150-5608
DOI: 10.4161/viru.19004