Antibody-independent effector mechanisms in resistance to the intestinal nematode parasite Trichuris muris

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2950-2954

  Else, Kathryn J ^a   Grencis, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0030017106     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2950-2954.1996     Document Type: Article

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