Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection in nude mice: Studies with isolates differing in virulence and definition of their T cell-dependent and T cell-independent components

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-398

  Burger, Eva ^a   Vaz, Celideia C A ^a   Sano, Ayako ^b   Calich, Vera L G ^a   Singer Vermes, Lucia M ^a   Xidieh, Cynthia F ^a   Kashino, Suely S ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b   Miyaji, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0029966156     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.391     Document Type: Article

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