Experimental lyme arthritis in the absence of interleukin-4 or gamma interferon

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3329-3333

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Reiner, Steven L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033045395     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3329-3333.1999     Document Type: Article

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