Protection of mice against Trypanosoma cruzi by immunization with paraflagellar rod proteins requires T cell, but not B cell, function

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5330-5337

  Miller, Mark J ^a   Wrightsman, Ruth A ^a,b   Stryker, Gabrielle A ^a   Manning, Jerry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Saddleback College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFLAGELLAR ROD PROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAGAS DISEASE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031156934     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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