Toxoplasma gondii: Evidence for interleukin-12-dependent and -independent pathways of interferon-γ production induced by an attenuated parasite strain

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 102-114

  Scharton Kersten, Tanya ^a,b   Caspar, Patricia ^a,b   Sher, Alan ^a,b   Denkers, Eric Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIVE VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030297825     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0096     Document Type: Article

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