Coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis suppresses IL-2 and IFNγ production and promotes an IL-4 response in C3H/HeJ mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 581-588

  Zeidner, Nordin S ^a,b,c   Dolan, Marc C ^a,b,c   Massung, Robert ^a,b,c   Piesman, Joseph ^a,b,c   Fish, Durland ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Coinfection; Cytokine; HGE

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; INFESTATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CYTOKINES; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033763899     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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