Cellular immunity, but not gamma interferon, is essential for resolution of Babesia microti infection in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5304-5306

  Clawson, Michael L ^a   Paciorkowski, Natalia ^a   Rajan, T V ^a   La Vake, Carson ^a   Pope, Conny ^a   La Vake, Morgan ^a   Wikel, Stephen K ^a   Krause, Peter J ^a   Radolf, Justin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; PARASITEMIA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 0036717957     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5304-5306.2002     Document Type: Article

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