CD8+ T cell knockout mice are less susceptible to Cowdria ruminantium infection than athymic, CD4+ T cell knockout, and normal C57BL/6 mice

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-172

  Byrom, Barbara ^a   Barbet, Anthony F ^b   Obwolo, Mark ^c   Mahan, Suman M ^a,b  

^a Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Athymic; CD4+; CD4+ T cell KO; CD8+ T cell KO mice; CD8+ T cells; Cell mediated immunity; Cowdria ruminantium

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COWDRIA; IMMUNIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0034634658     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00336-8     Document Type: Article

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