Induction of differential T-helper-cell responses in mice infected with variants of the parasitic nematode Trichuris muris

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 791-795

  Bellaby, Trevor ^a,b   Robinson, Karen ^a,b   Wakelin, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0030042783     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.791-795.1996     Document Type: Article

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