Helper T cell and antibody responses to infection of CBA mice with Babesia microti

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-88

  Chen, Dehua ^a,b   Copeman, D Bruce ^a   Burnell, Jim ^a   Hutchinson, Gareth W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody; Babesia microti; IFN ; IL 10; IL 2; IL 4; Mice

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PARASITEMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033955921     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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