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Animal models for Toxoplasma gondii infection.
Current protocols in immunology - 1 May 2001
Subauste C, Remington J
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan that commonly infects mammals and birds throughout the world. This unit describes murine models of acute T. gondii infection and toxoplasmic encephalitis. T. gondii infection in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice, which lack T and B cells, has allowed for the study of T cell-independent mechanisms of defense against intracellular organisms, as...
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