Determinants for resistance and susceptibility to microfilaraemia in Litomosoides sigmodontis filariasis

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 641-649

  Hoffmann, W H ^a   Pfaff, A W ^a   Schulz Key, H ^a   Soboslav, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenic and knock out mice; Filariasis; Immune modulation; Litomosoides sigmodontis; Microfilaraemia; Parasite persistence

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MICROFILARIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILARIA; PARASITEMIA; SPLEEN;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMALIA; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034956342     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007892     Document Type: Article

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