Protective responses against skin-dwelling microfilariae of Onchocerca lienalis in severe combined immunodeficient mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2846-2851

  Folkard, Shelley G ^a   Taylor, Mark J ^a   Butcher, Geoffrey A ^b   Bianco, Albert E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 5; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MICROFILARIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030990358     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2846-2851.1997     Document Type: Article

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