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Blood Flukes Exploit Peyer's Patch Lymphoid Tissue to Facilitate Transmission from the Mammalian Host

Schistosomes are blood-dwelling parasitic helminths which produce eggs in order to facilitate transmission. Intestinal schistosomes lay eggs in the mesenteries, however, it is unclear how their eggs escape the vasculature to exit the host. Using a murine model of infection, we reveal that Schistosom...

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Autores principales: Turner, Joseph D., Narang, Priyanka, Coles, Mark C., Mountford, Adrian P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23308064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003063