Infection of rabbits with R29 strain of bovine immunodeficiency virus: Virulence, immunosuppression, and progressive mesenteric lymphadenopathy

Viral Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Kalvatchev, Zlatko ^a   Walder, Raúl ^a   Perez, Franklin ^b   Garzaro, Domingo ^a   Barrios, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Lab Clin RA Perez Guerrero   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DEXTRAN SULFATE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY LIKE VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SEROCONVERSION; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY-LIKE VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032446848     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.1998.11.159     Document Type: Article

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