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Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii.

Curr Opin Immunol. 1993 Aug;5(4):532-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94030697
Subauste CS; Remington JS; Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto; Medical Foundation, California 94301.

Abstract: Recent advances in our understanding of the immunological mechanisms involved during infection with Toxoplasma gondii include evidence for the role of different subsets of lymphocytes and cytokines in acute infection as well as in reactivation of chronic infection. The mechanisms of presentation of T. gondii antigen have been clarified recently, and animal models of toxoplasmosis that mimic disease observed in AIDS patients developed.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/IMMUNOLOGY Animal Cytokines/IMMUNOLOGY Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/IMMUNOLOGY Human Immunity Mice Mouth Mucosa/IMMUNOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. T-Lymphocyte Subsets/IMMUNOLOGY Toxoplasma/IMMUNOLOGY Toxoplasmosis/*IMMUNOLOGY Toxoplasmosis, Animal/*IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/immunologyanimalcytokines/immunologycytotoxicity,immunologic/immunologyhumanimmunitymicemouthmucosa/immunologysupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tsupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDt-lymphocytesubsets/immunologytoxoplasma/immunologytoxoplasmosis/KWDimmunologytoxoplasmosis,animal/KWDimmunologyjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorial
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