Differential effects of infection with a Babesia-like piroplasm, WA1, in inbred mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 492-498

  Moro, Manuel H ^a,b   David, Chella S ^b   Magera, Jenifer M ^a   Wettstein, Peter J ^b   Barthold, Stephen W ^c   Persing, David H ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; LUNG EDEMA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

EID: 0031883474     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.492-498.1998     Document Type: Article

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