Cellular immune responses of jirds to extracts of life cycle stages and adult excretory secretory products during the early development of Brugia pahangi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-266

  Rao, U R ^a   Nasarre, Carmen ^a   Coleman, Sharon U ^a   Bakeer, Mona ^b   Dennis, Vida A ^b   Horohov, David W ^a   Klei, Thomas R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Brugia malayi; Brugia pahangi; Eosinophils; Filariasis; Granulomas; Immune response; Macrophages; Neutrophils; Pathology; Soluble extracts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JIRD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

EID: 0029974868     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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