Toxoplasma on the Brain: Understanding Host-Pathogen Interactions in Chronic CNS Infection

Toxoplasma gondii is a prevalent obligate intracellular parasite which chronically infects more than a third of the world’s population. Key to parasite prevalence is its ability to form chronic and nonimmunogenic bradyzoite cysts, which typically form in the brain and muscle cells of infected mammal...

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Main Authors: Sushrut Kamerkar, Paul H. Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/589295
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