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Experimental Chagas disease: Phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes deactivates macrophages and fuels parasite growth

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Lopes, M.F., DosReis, G.A. Experimental Chagas disease: Phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes deactivates macrophages and fuels parasite growth. Apoptosis 5, 221–224 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009648311490

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