Innate immunity to amebic liver abscess is dependent on gamma interferon and nitric oxide in a murine model of disease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 400-402

  Seydel, Karl B ^a   Smith, Sara J ^a   Stanley Jr , Samuel L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE;

EID: 0033961351     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.1.400-402.2000     Document Type: Article

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