Eosinophils are the major effector cells of immunity to microfilariae in a mouse model of onchocerciasis

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-329

  Folkard, S G ^a,b   Hogarth, P J ^a   Taylor, M J ^a   Bianco, A E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eosinophil; Interleukin 5; Onchocerca lienalis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029880289     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000065847     Document Type: Article

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