Impaired antigen specific responses and enhanced polyclonal stimulation in mice infected with Ehrlichia muris

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 575-581

  Kawahara, Makoto ^a   Suto, Chiharu ^b   Shibata, Shinichiro ^a   Futohashi, Masataka ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Immunodepression; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EHRLICHIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029787187     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01111.x     Document Type: Article

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