Genetic immunization elicits antigen-specific protective immune responses and decreases disease severity in Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

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Published in Infect Immun on October 01, 2002

Authors

Nisha Garg1, Rick L Tarleton

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1: Center for Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.

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