Toxoplasma gondii infection reduces serum progesterone levels and adverse effects at the maternal‐foetal interface

Abstract Aims Pregnant BALB/c mice infected with a Toxoplasma gondii type II strain were used to determine how pregnancy interferes with the development of maternal immunity to T gondii and how infection disrupts pregnancy and foetal development. Methods Maternal and foetal parasite loads were asses...

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Veröffentlicht in:Parasite Immunology. - 42(2020), 2
1. Verfasser: Brito, Carina (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: M. Silva, Tânia, M. Castro, Maria, Wyrwas, Weronika, Oliveira, Bárbara, M. Fonseca, Bruno, Oliveira, Pedro, W. Roberts, Craig, Teixeira, Natércia, Borges, Margarida
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Parasite Immunology
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