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The cat is out of the bag: How parasites know their hosts

Toxoplasma gondii is a remarkably successful protozoan parasite that infects a third of the human population, along with most mammals and birds. However, the sexual portion of the parasite’s life cycle is narrowly limited to cats. How parasites distinguish between hosts has long been a mystery. A ne...

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Autores principales: English, Elizabeth D., Striepen, Boris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000446