Humoral and cellular immune response to a crude exo-antigen and purified keratinase of Microsporum canis in experimentally infected guinea pigs

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Mignon, B R ^a   Leclipteux, T ^a   Focant, Ch ^a   Nikkels, A J ^a   Pierard G E ^a   Losson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Immune response; Keratinase; Microsporum canis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; KERATINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DERMATOMYCOSES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSPORUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FELIS CATUS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032949260     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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