Redefining Chronic Toxoplasmosis-A T Cell Exhaustion Perspective

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Bhadra, Rajarshi ^a   Khan, Imtiaz A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, CD40; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84868113488     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002903     Document Type: Article

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