Abstract
You might have a closer relationship than you think with one of nature's most widespread and successful parasites. Many of us harbour this subtle organism in our brains and muscles in an uneasy truce; but recent insights into its biochemistry and genetics could provide us with new ways of coping when this 'guest' gets out of hand.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Brain / parasitology*
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Cats
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Female
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host / immunology
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Male
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Mice
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Microscopy, Electron
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
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Muscle, Skeletal / parasitology*
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Protozoan Vaccines / immunology
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Public Health
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Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
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Sulfadiazine / therapeutic use
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Toxoplasma / growth & development*
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Toxoplasma / immunology
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Toxoplasma / physiology
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Toxoplasmosis / drug therapy
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Toxoplasmosis / immunology
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Toxoplasmosis / pathology*
Substances
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Protozoan Vaccines
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Sulfadiazine
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Pyrimethamine