Ocular toxoplasmosis: lessons from Brazil

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Parasitology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: griggm@niaid.nih.gov.
² Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland.
³ Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Editorial

Michael E Grigg et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;159(6):999-1001.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.04.005.

¹ Molecular Parasitology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: griggm@niaid.nih.gov.
² Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland.
³ Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Comment on

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