Coinfection with Toxoplasma gondii inhibits antigen-specific Th2 immune responses, tissue inflammation, and parasitism in BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania major

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4939-4944

  Santiago, H C ^a   Oliveira, M A P ^a   Bambirra, E A ^a   Faria, A M C ^a   Afonso, L C C ^b   Vieira, L Q ^a   Gazzinelli, R T ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032774865     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4939-4944.1999     Document Type: Article

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