Class I and class II major histocompatibility complex alleles are associated with faecal egg counts following natural, predominantly Ostertagia ciucumcincta infection

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 693-696

  Buitkamp, Johannes ^a   Filmether, Petra ^b   Stear, Michael J ^c   Epplen, Joerg T ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WORM EGG;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0029811473     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050187     Document Type: Article

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