Immunodominant T-cell antigens and epitopes of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-482

  Brown, W C ^a   McElwain, T F ^a   Hotzel I ^a   Ruef, B J ^b   Rice Ficht, A C ^b   Stich, R W ^a   Suarez, C E ^a   Estes, D M ^c   Palmer, G H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BABESIA; CATTLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TARGETING; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031808648     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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