Leishmania major: Differential resistance to infection in C57BL/6 (high interferon-α/β) and congenic B6.C-H-28(c) (low interferon-α/β) mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-143

  Shankar, Anuraj H ^a,c   Morin, Paul ^a,d   Titus, Richard G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MURINAE;

EID: 0030298352     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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