Laboratory infection with Toxoplasma.
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چکیده
The main object of this paper is, by citing cases of laboratory infection with Toxoplasma, including one personal and hitherto unpublished, to point out the serious risks involved in working with this parasite and to stress the need for care. Another object is to see what can be learnt from these regrettable accidental human experiments about the signs and symptoms to be expected in toxoplasmosis.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 12 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1959