Schistosoma mansoni: IL-4 is necessary for concomitant immunity in mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 734-736

  Brunet, Laura Rosa ^a,b   Kopf, Manfred A ^a,c   Pearce, Edward J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUPERINFECTION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SUPERINFECTION; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032855409     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285752     Document Type: Article

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