Kinetics of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in guinea-pigs, with special reference to the involvement of epidermal Langerhans' cells in the induction of immunity

Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-380

  Nargis, M ^a   Chisty, M M ^a   Ihama, Y ^a   Sato, H ^a   Inaba, T ^a   Kamiya, H ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Epidermal Langerhans' cells; Guinea pigs; Immunity; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034786850     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001008551     Document Type: Article

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