Comparison of the significance of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in the protection of mice against Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 797-799

  Braunfuchsová, Pavlína ^a   Salát, Jiří ^a   Kopecký, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036341267     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0797:COTSOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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