Toxoplasma and Dendritic Cells: An Intimate Relationship That Deserves Further Scrutiny

Anaïs F Poncet1, Nicolas Blanchard2, Sabrina Marion1

  • 1Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille, Inserm U1019, CNRS UMR 8204, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.

Trends in Parasitology
|September 8, 2019
PubMed

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