The requirement of tumour necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ for the expression of protective immunity to secondary murine tularaemia depends on the size of the challenge inoculum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1369-1374

  Sjöstedt, Anders ^a,b,c   North, Robert J ^a   Conlan, J Wayne ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Interferon ; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; LIVE VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0029955346     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1369     Document Type: Article

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