Antibody and interleukin-12 treatment in murine models of encephalitogenic flavivirus (St. Louis encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis) and alphavirus (Venezuelan equine encephalitis) infection

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-50

  Phillpotts, R J ^a,b   Jones, L D ^a,c   Lukaszewski, R A ^a,b   Lawrie, C ^a,c   Brooks, T J G ^a,b  

^a CEH Oxford ^*

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ACARI; ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MURINAE; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0037226086     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10799900360520441     Document Type: Article

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