Cytokines, nitric oxide, heat shock proteins and virulence in Toxoplasma

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 418-422

  Miller, Kate ^a   Miller, C M D ^b   Smith, Nick C ^a   Johnson, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NITRIC OXIDE;

IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033214478     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01515-X     Document Type: Review

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