Relationship between type 1/type 2 immune responses and occurrence of vertical transmission in BALB/c mice infected with Neospora caninum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Kano, R ^a   Masukata, Y ^a   Omata, Y ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Maeda, R ^a   Saito, A ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immune regulation; Neospora caninum; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 16244423286     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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