Role of eosinophils in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection in gamma interferon receptor-deficient mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2976-2978

  Kirman, Joanna ^a,c   Zakaria, Zamsyari ^a   Mccoy, Kathy ^a,d   Delahunt, Brett ^b   Gros, Graham L E ^a  

^a MALAGHAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; INTERLEUKIN-5; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034060256     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2976-2978.2000     Document Type: Article

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