Open AccessParasite pathogenesis: Breaching the wall for brain access
Author(s) -
Aarti Krishnan,
Dominique SoldatiFavre
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nature microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.305
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 2058-5276
DOI - 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.14
Subject(s) - pathogenesis , parasite hosting , neuroscience , biology , immunology , virology , computer science , world wide web
Parasite access to the central nervous system is a severe consequence of infection. Toxoplasma gondii can achieve this by directly infecting, replicating in blood–brain barrier endothelial cells
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