Potential immunomodulatory effects of latent toxoplasmosis in humans

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a   Stříž, Ilja ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LATENT TOXOPLASMOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 80054122614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-274     Document Type: Article

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