High frequency of infection of lung cancer patients with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Jaroslav Bajnok, Muyassar Tarabulsi, Helen Carlin, Kevin Bown, Thomas Southworth, Josiah Dungwa, Dave Singh, Zhao-Rong Lun, Lucy Smyth, Geoff Hide

Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (2) 00143-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00143-2018
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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