Resistance to Cryptococcus neoformans is associated with an inflammatory response to Toxoplasma gondii in the central nervous system of mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-82

  Aguirre, Karen M ^a,c   Sayles, Peter C ^a   Gibson, George W ^b   Johnson, Lawrence L ^b  

^a Trideau Institute   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030052436     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.77-82.1996     Document Type: Article

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