Immune responses of immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice experimentally infected with Bartonella henselae

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-484

  Kabeya, Hidenori ^a   Tsunoda, Emiko ^a   Maruyama, Soichi ^a   Mikami, Takeshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BALB c mouse; Bartonella henselae; Nude mouse; TI antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0141677861     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.65.479     Document Type: Article

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