Freshwater fish trypanosomes: Definition of two types, host control by antibodies and lack of antigenic variation

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-601

  Overath, P ^a   Haag, J ^a   Mameza, M G ^a   Lischke, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Freshwater fish; Immune response; Small subunit ribosomal RNA genes; Trypanosoma carassii; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; TABACUM;

EID: 0032740808     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005089     Document Type: Article

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