Humoral immunosuppressant activity of aflatoxin ingestion in rabbits measured by response to Mycobacterium bovis antigens using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and serum protein electrophoresis

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Gabal, M A ^a   Dimitri, R A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; ELISA; Humoral response; Immunosuppression; Mycobacterium bovis antigens; Serum protein electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; TUBERCULIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031775732     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00343.x     Document Type: Article

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