Role of CD4+ CD8+ and double negative T-cells in the protection of SCID/beige mice against respiratory challenge with Rhodococcus equi

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 186-192

  Ross, Tanya L ^a   Balson, Graham A ^a   Miners, Jennifer S ^a   Smith, Gaye D ^a   Shewen, Patricia E ^a   Prescott, John F ^a   Yager, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0030184618     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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