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Editorial
. 2021 Dec 16:12:813446.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.813446. eCollection 2021.

Editorial: Immunity to Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy

Justin Y A Doritchamou  1 , Elizabeth H Aitken  2   3 , Adrian J F Luty  4
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Editorial

Editorial: Immunity to Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy

Justin Y A Doritchamou et al. Front Immunol. .
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Keywords: immunity; malaria; parasitic infections; pregnancy; therapeutics; toxoplasmosis; trypanosomiasis; vaccine.

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