Delayed Clearance of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection in CD4+ T-Cell Knockout Mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Ganta, Roman R ^a   Cheng, Chuanmin ^a   Wilkerson, Melinda J ^a   Chapes, Stephen K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0346881415     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.1.159-167.2004     Document Type: Article

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