Experimental approaches to understanding virulence in taxoplasmosis

Immunobiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 210-224

  Sibley, David L ^a   Mordue, D ^a   Howe, D K ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENOTYPE; HELPER CELL; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0345008909     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-2985(99)80061-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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