Early Kinetics of Intestinal Infection and Immune Responses to Two Toxoplasma gondii Strains in Pigs

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite, able to infect all homeothermic animals mostly through ingestion of (oo)cysts contaminated food or water. Recently, we observed a T. gondii strain-specific clearance from tissues upon infection in pigs: while the swine-adapted LR strain persis...

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Main Authors: Mizanur Rahman, Bert Devriendt, Malgorzata Jennes, Ignacio Gisbert Algaba, Pierre Dorny, Katelijne Dierick, Stéphane De Craeye, Eric Cox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00161/full