Lack of evidence for superantigen activity of Toxoplasma gondii towards human T cells
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular parasite whose life cycle may include man as an intermediate host. More than 500 million people are infected with this parasite worldwide. It has been previously reported that T. gondii contains a superantigen activity. The purpose of the present stud...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2001-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000800008 |