Polyparasitism is associated with increased disease severity in Toxoplasma gondii-infected marine sentinel species.

• Main Authors: Amanda K Gibson (Author), Stephen Raverty (Author), Dyanna M Lambourn (Author), Jessica Huggins (Author), Spencer L Magargal (Author), Michael E Grigg (Author)
• 格式: 圖書
• 出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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In 1995, one of the largest outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis occurred in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Genetic typing identified a novel Toxoplasma gondii strain linked to the outbreak, in which a wide spectrum of human disease was observed. For this globally-distributed, water-born...