Identification of a virulence-associated antigen of Toxoplasma gondii by use of a mouse monoclonal antibody.

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Published in Infect Immun on December 01, 1991

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U Gross1, W A Müller, S Knapp, J Heesemann

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1: Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany.

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