Toxoplasma gondii: Entry, association, and physiological influence on the central nervous system.

Toxoplasma gondii is one of the world's most successful parasites, in part because of its ability to infect and persist in most warm-blooded animals. A unique characteristic of T. gondii is its ability to persist in the central nervous system (CNS) of a variety of hosts, including humans and ro...

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Main Authors: Oscar A Mendez, Anita A Koshy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5519211?pdf=render