Specific interferon-gamma, IgA and IgM responses after experimental infection of neonatal calves with Cryptosporidium parvum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-134

  De Graaf, Dirk C ^a   Peeters, Johan E ^a  

^a Belgian National Institute for Veterinary Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cattle; cellular response; Cryptosporidium parvum; humoral response; interferon gamma

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030929660     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00167-1     Document Type: Article

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