Do the placental barrier, parasite genotype and Toll-like receptor polymorphisms contribute to the course of primary infection with various Toxoplasma gondii genotypes in pregnant women?

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on November 30, 2013

Authors

W Wujcicka1, J Wilczyński, D Nowakowska

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Fetal-Maternal Medicine and Gynecology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Lodz, 281/289 Rzgowska Street, Lodz, 93-338, Poland.

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