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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb 16;11(2):e0005222.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005222. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Congenital Toxoplasmosis in France and the United States: One Parasite, Two Diverging Approaches

Francois Peyron  1 , Rima Mc Leod  2   3   4 , Daniel Ajzenberg  5   6 , Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis  7 , François Kieffer  8 , Laurent Mandelbrot  9   10 , L David Sibley  11 , Hervé Pelloux  12   13 , Isabelle Villena  14   15 , Martine Wallon  1   16 , Jose G Montoya  17   18
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Congenital Toxoplasmosis in France and the United States: One Parasite, Two Diverging Approaches

Francois Peyron et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

FP runs reference centers for toxoplasmic serology funded respectively by Abbott and Siemens companies. JGM is Director of Palo Alto Medical Foundation Toxoplasmosis Serology Laboratory.

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