immunology grant proposal

Fetal Immune Response To Infection With Toxoplasmosa gondii Tom Repici Immunology 4200 11-21-98  ABSTRACT I will be addressing the possible immunological barriers that may be involved with challenge to infection of Toxoplasmosa gondii, the protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis. It is widely known that toxoplasmosis is a devastating disease, with often drastic consequences upon infection. In pregnant mothers, these consequences can be very horrid. Such effects are more felt by the unborn fetus than by the …

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