Immune response to the filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis in susceptible and resistant mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Marechal P ^a   Le Goff, L ^a   Hoffman, W ^b   Rapp, J ^b   Oswald, I P ^c   Ombrouck, C ^e   Taylor, D W ^d   Bain, O ^a   Petit, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cytokines; Filaria; Immune response; Inbred mice; Litomosoides

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INBRED STRAIN; INFECTION CONTROL; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030833649     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-209.x     Document Type: Article

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