Central role of endogenous gamma interferon in protective immunity against blood-stage Plasmodium chabaudi AS infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4399-4406

  Su, Zhong ^a   Stevenson, Mary M ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEUKOCYTES; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; SEX FACTORS; SPLEEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033914763     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4399-4406.2000     Document Type: Article

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