Cytokine gene expression in dams and foetuses after experimental Neospora caninum infection of heifers at 110 days of gestation

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 383-392

  Almeria, S ^a   De Marez, T ^b   Dawson, H ^c   Araujo, R ^b   Dubey, J P ^b   Gasbarre, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Lymphocyte subpopulations; Neospora caninum; Pregnant cattle; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TISSUE INJURY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MURINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346250089     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2003.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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