Obligatory role of gamma interferon for host survival in a murine model of infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3593-3600

  Santanirand, P ^a   Harley, V S ^a   Dance, D A B ^b   Drasar, B S ^a   Bancroft, G J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345161549     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3593-3600.1999     Document Type: Article

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