Experimental infection of immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice with Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-254

  Salat J ^a   Braunfuchsova P ^a   Kopecky J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Microsporidia; NK cells; SCID mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA;

GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0035669032     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2001.041     Document Type: Article

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