Necator americanus in inbred mice: Evidence in support of genetically determined differences in the cellular immune response to a primary infection

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-63

  Timothy, L M ^a,b   Behnke, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

broncho alveolar lavage; hookworm; leucocytosis; mouse; Necator americanus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGENETICS; INBRED STRAIN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EOSINOPHILS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MONOCYTES; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; NEUTROPHILS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031031602     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008189     Document Type: Article

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