Early reduction of the challenge recovery rate following immunization with irradiated infective larvae in a filaria mouse system

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1170-1174

  Le Goff, L ^a   Marechal P ^a   Petit, G ^a   Taylor, D W ^b   Hoffmann, W ^c   Bain, O ^a,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Filaria; Immunization; Irradiated larvae; Litomosoides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FILARIASIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII;

ANIMALIA; FILARIA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS;

EID: 0031457509     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-218.x     Document Type: Article

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