Cytokine expression and specific lymphocyte proliferation in two strains of Cryptosporidium parvum-infected γ-interferon knockout mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 300-307

  Smith, L Mary ^a   Bonafonte, María Teresa ^a   Mead, Jan R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034127714     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0300:ceaslp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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