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Toxoplasma gondii superinfection and virulence during secondary infection correlate with the exact ROP5/ROP18 allelic combination.
mBio - 24 Feb 2015
Jensen Kirk D C, Camejo Ana, Melo Mariane B, Cordeiro Cynthia, Julien Lindsay, Grotenbreg Gijsbert M, Frickel Eva-Maria, Ploegh Hidde L, Young Lucy, Saeij Jeroen P J
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UNLABELLED: The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects a wide variety of vertebrate species globally. Infection in most hosts causes a lifelong chronic infection and generates immunological memory responses that protect the host against new infections. In regions where the organism is endemic, multiple exposures to T. gondii likely occur with great frequency, yet little is known about the interaction...
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