Is stage conversion the initiating event for reactivation of Toxoplasma gondii in brain tissue of aids patients?

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 531-536

  Reiter Owona, Ingrid ^a   Seitz, Heike ^a   Gross, Uwe ^a,b   Sahm, Monika ^a   Rockstroh, Jürgen K ^a   Seitz, Hanns M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ILEX COOKII; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033921807     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0531:isctie]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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