Abstract:Toxoplasma gondii is a eukaryotic parasite that form latent cyst in the brain of immunocompetent individuals. The latent parasites infection of the immune privileged central nervous system is linked to most complications. With no drug currently available to eliminate the latent cysts in the brain of infected hosts, the consequences of neurons long-term infection are unknown. It has long been known that T. gondii specifically differentiate into a latent form (bradyzoite) in neurons, but how the infected neuron … Show more
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