Susceptibility of tumour necrosis factor-α genetically deficient mice to trypanosoma congolense infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 445-451

  Iraqi, Fuad ^a   Sekikawa, Kenji ^b   Rowlands, John ^a   Teale, Alan ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunity; Mouse; Resistance; TNF; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEX FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0034833067     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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