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Neurological and behavioral abnormalities, ventricular dilatation, altered cellular functions, inflammation, and neuronal injury in brains of mice due to common, persistent, parasitic infection

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, approximately two billion people are chronically infected with Toxoplasma gondii with largely unknown consequences. METHODS: To better understand long-term effects and pathogenesis of this common, persistent brain infection, mice were infected at a time in human years equivale...

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Autores principales: Hermes, Gretchen, Ajioka, James W, Kelly, Krystyna A, Mui, Ernest, Roberts, Fiona, Kasza, Kristen, Mayr, Thomas, Kirisits, Michael J, Wollmann, Robert, Ferguson, David JP, Roberts, Craig W, Hwang, Jong-Hee, Trendler, Toria, Kennan, Richard P, Suzuki, Yasuhiro, Reardon, Catherine, Hickey, William F, Chen, Lieping, McLeod, Rima
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-5-48