Immune responses to filarial infection in laboratory mice

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Hörauf, Achim ^a   Fleischer, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Helminth infection; Immune responses; Laboratory mouse model; T cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030418390     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050032     Document Type: Article

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