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Matrix metalloproteinases as therapeutic targets in protozoan parasitic infections

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Invasive Extravillous Trophoblasts Restrict Intracellular Growth and Spread of Listeria monocytogenes

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Trypanosoma cruzi induces tissue disorganization and destruction of chorionic villi in an ex vivo infection model of human placenta

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The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distribution and a Roadmap for Control and Elimination

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