Biodiversity in Toxoplasma gondii

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 219, Issue , 1996, Pages 27-41

  Darde M L ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029762391     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-51014-4_3     Document Type: Review

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