Peripheral blood lymphocyte immunocompetence in wild African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) and the effects of capture and confinement

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Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-27

  Suleman, M A ^a,b   Yole, D ^a   Wango, E ^c   Sapolsky, R ^c   Kithome, K ^a   Carlsson, H E ^b   Hau, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

African green monkeys; Capture; Confinement; Immunocompetence; Lymphocytes; Stress; Wild

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; KETAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STIMULATION; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; STRESS;

EID: 0032897045     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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