Effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-di-benzo-p-dioxin on T cell subpopulations in the thymus and spleen of mice with chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 323-329

  King, M D ^a   Lindsay, D S ^a   Ehrich, M F ^a   Nagarkatti, M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Contaminants; Immunotoxicity; T Cell Subsets; T. gondii Infection; TCDD; Thymic Alterations

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; NEMATODA; PHASIANIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033730152     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810050178770     Document Type: Article

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