Interferon-γ and interleukin-12 mediate protection to acute Neospora caninum infection in BALB/c mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1635-1646

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

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032745343     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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