Fetal Immune Response To Infection With Toxoplasmosa gondii Tom Repici Immunology 4200 11-21-98  ABSTRACT I will be addressing the possible immunological barriers that may be involved with challenge to infection of Toxoplasmosa gondii, the protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis. It is widely known that toxoplasmosis is a devastating disease, with often drastic consequences upon infection. In pregnant mothers, these consequences can be very horrid. Such effects are more felt by the unborn fetus than by the …showed first 75 words of 2090 total…

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