Parasite pathogenesis: Breaching the wall for brain access

Krishnan, Aarti; Soldati-Favre, Dominique

doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.14

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Parasite pathogenesis: Breaching the wall for brain access

ContributorsKrishnan, Aarti; Soldati-Favre, Dominique

Published inNature microbiology, vol. 1, no. 3, 16014

Publication date2016

Abstract

Parasite access to the central nervous system is a severe consequence of infection. Toxoplasma gondii can achieve this by directly infecting, replicating in blood–brain barrier endothelial cells.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de microbiologie et médecine moléculaire

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KRISHNAN, Aarti, SOLDATI-FAVRE, Dominique. Parasite pathogenesis: Breaching the wall for brain access. In: Nature microbiology, 2016, vol. 1, n° 3, p. 16014. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.14

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PID : unige:81340
DOI : 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.14

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.nature.com/articles/nmicrobiol201614

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Parasite pathogenesis: Breaching the wall for brain access

Parasite access to the central nervous system is a severe consequence of infection. Toxoplasma gondii can achieve this by directly infecting, replicating in blood–brain barrier endothelial cells.

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