Cytokines (IL-4 and IFN-γ) and antibodies (IgE and IgG2a) produced in mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto via nymphs of Ixodes ricinus ticks or syringe inoculations

Parasitology Research

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 491-496

  Christe, Martine ^a   Rutti, Bernard ^a   Brossard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; INOCULATION; IXODES RICINUS; LYMPH NODE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TICK BITE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0033835741     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050699     Document Type: Article

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