Relationships among peripheral eosinophilia, eosinophil peroxidase activity, interleukin-5 concentration and faecal nematode egg count during natural, mixed gastrointestinal nematode infection

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 299-308

  Doligalska, M ^a   Moskwa, B ^b   Stear, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Eosinophil; Interleukin 5; Nematode; Peroxidase; Repeatability; Sheep

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; INTERLEUKIN-5; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEROXIDASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 0032870853     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(99)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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