Interferon‐γ‐activated primary enterocytes inhibit Toxoplasma gondii replication: a role for intracellular iron
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- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Immunology
- Vol. 94 (4) , 488-495
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00553.x
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that infects a wide variety of nucleated cells in its numerous intermediate hosts including man. The oral route is the natural portal of entry...Keywords
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