Dissemination of Encephalitozoon intestinalis, a causative agent of human microsporidiosis, in IFN-γ receptor knockout mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-25

  El Fakhry, Youssef ^a   Achbarou, Abderrahim ^b   Franetich, Jean François ^b   Desportes Livage, Isabelle ^b   Mazier, Dominique ^b   Cao, Xuetao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental model; Interferon gamma; Microsporidia; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035130359     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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