Host Resistance in the Brain againstToxoplasma gondii
Open Access
- 15 February 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 185 (s1) , S58-S65
- https://doi.org/10.1086/337999
Abstract
Interferon (IFN)-γ—dependent, cell-mediated immunity plays the major role in resistance against development of toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE). HumoralKeywords
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