Virulence factors of Toxoplasma gondii

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1403-1410

  Dubremetz, Jean François ^a   Lebrun, Maryse ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Genetics; Infection; Toxoplasma gondii; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; INTERLEUKIN 12; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOST CELL; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84870845103     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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