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New mechanisms of disease and parasite-host interactions.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Sept 2016
de Souza Tiago Alves Jorge, de Carli Gabriel Jose, Pereira Tiago Campos
Abstract excerpt
An unconventional interaction between a patient and parasites was recently reported, in which parasitic cells invaded host's tissues, establishing several tumors. This finding raises various intriguing hypotheses on unpredicted forms of interplay between a patient and infecting parasites. Here we present four unusual hypothetical host-parasite scenarios with intriguing medical consequences. Relatively simple...
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