B cell knockout mice are resistant to mucosal and systemic candidiasis of endogenous origin but susceptible to experimental systemic candidiasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 589-597

  Wagner, R Doug ^b   Vazquez Torres, Andrés ^b   Jones Carson, Jessica ^b   Warner, Tom ^b   Balish, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANDIDIASIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029763306     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.3.589     Document Type: Article

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