Lyme borreliosis in rhesus macaques: Effects of corticosteroids on spirochetal load and isotype switching of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibody

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-232

  Pachner, A R ^a   Amemiya, K ^a   Bartlett, M ^a   Schaefer, H ^a   Reddy, K ^a   Zhang, W F ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYME DISEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE;

EID: 0035108473     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.2.225-232.2001     Document Type: Article

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