Susceptibility of B-cell deficient C57BL/6 (μMT) mice to Neospora caninum infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 225-236

  Eperon, S ^a   Bronnimann K ^a   Hemphill, A ^a   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MT mice; Antibodies; Cell mediated immune response; Humoral immune response; IFN ; IL 10; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COCCIDIOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOSPORA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COCCIDIA; MURINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032923424     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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