Immunity to Rhodococcus equi

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Hines, S A ^a   Kanaly, S T ^b   Byrne, B A ^a   Palmer, G H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary immunity; Review; Rhodococcus equi; Th1 immunity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MURINAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030855399     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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