Toxoplasma gondii adhesion and apoptosis of chicken erythrocytes

• Main Authors: Chenghuan Li (Author), Xiaohan Zhang (Author), Xiaoyu Sang (Author), Yanhong He (Author), Saeed EI-Ashram (Author), Yingying Ding (Author), Tiantian Jiang (Author), Na Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect all nucleated cells in warm-blooded animals, including poultry, mammals, and humans. However, it is unclear whether T. gondii can infect chicken erythrocytes due to the nucleated nature of these cells. Due to the special role of chicken erythrocytes in...