Parasites and the brain: Neuroinvasion, immunopathogenesis and neuronal dysfunctions

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 265, Issue , 2002, Pages 227-257

  Kristensson, K ^a   Mhlanga, J D M ^b   Bentivoglio, M ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIFE CYCLE; PAIN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PLASMODIUM; TAENIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0036126805     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-09525-6_12     Document Type: Review

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