Polymorphisms in Toxoplasma gondii: role of atypical strains in unusual clinical manifestations of toxoplasmosis.

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop

Laboratório de Biologia da Malária e Toxoplasmose, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.

Published: November 2017

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