Comparison of intracerebral parasite load, lesion development, and systemic cytokines in mouse strains infected with Neospora caninum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 316-320

  Long, Maureen T ^a   Baszler, Timothy V ^a   Mathison, Bruce A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELPER CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOSPORA;

ANIMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031957265     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284489     Document Type: Article

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