Why prevent, diagnose and treat congenital toxoplasmosis?

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Published in Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz on March 01, 2009

Authors

Rima McLeod1, Francois Kieffer, Mari Sautter, Tiffany Hosten, Herve Pelloux

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Committees on Immunology, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, The College, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. rmcleod@midway.uchicago.edu

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