Effects of aging on resistance to Trichinella spiralis infection in rodents exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Toxicology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Luebke, Robert W ^a   Copeland, Carey B ^a   Andrews, Debora L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Aging; Host resistance; Immunosuppression; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RODENT DISEASES; SPLEEN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TONGUE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0032779744     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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