Characterization of experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infection in IFN-γ knockout mice

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 525-531

  You, Xiangdong ^a   Mead, J R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Gamma interferon; Knockout mice

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031773982     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003424     Document Type: Article

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