Characterization of immune response to Eimeria tenella antigens in a natural immunity model with hosts which differ serologically at the B locus of the major histocompatibility complex

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1204-1210

  Brake, David A ^a   Fedor, Carolyn H ^a,b   Werner, Brenda W ^a   Miller, Timothy J ^a,c   Taylor Jr , Robert L ^a,d   Clare, Robert A ^a,e  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BioSense Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e SmithKline Beecham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EIMERIA TENELLA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE;

EID: 0030909391     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1204-1210.1997     Document Type: Article

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