Genital and systemic immune responses in a murine model of Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-327

  Mutwiri, G K ^a   Corbeil, L B ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MURINAE; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0031978785     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284490     Document Type: Article

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