Leishmania major metacyclogenesis modulates ability to induce IL-12

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 795, Issue , 1996, Pages 400-402

  Sartori, Alexandrina ^a   Scott, Phil ^b   Trinchieri, Giorgio ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PERITONEUM CELL; PROMASTIGOTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030472575     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52705.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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