Mice genetically deficient in immunoglobulin E are more permissive hosts than wild-type mice to a primary, but not secondary, infection with the filarial nematode Brugia malayi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2462-2467

  Spencer, L A ^a   Porte, P ^a   Zetoff, C ^a   Rajan, T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; LARVA; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PERITONEAL CAVITY;

EID: 0037407843     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2462-2467.2003     Document Type: Article

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