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Original Articles

Toxoplasmosis in England

II.—Variation Factors in the Pathogenesis of Toxoplasma Infections: The Sudden Increase in Virulence of a Strain after Passage in Multi-Mammate Rats and Canaries

Pages 397-416 | Received 19 Aug 1955, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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