Nonimmunological factors affecting the release of excreted/secreted antigens from Toxoplasma gondii cysts

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 378-389

  Reiter Owona, Ingrid ^a,b   Sahm, Monika ^a   Seitz, Hanns Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Inst F Medizinische Parasitologie   (Germany)

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EID: 0030199052     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80114-9     Document Type: Article

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