Apoptosis of thymocytes in experimental African swine fever virus infection

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Salguero, F J ^a,b   Sanchez Cordon P J ^a   Sierra, M A ^a   Jover, A ^a   Nunez A ^a   Gómez Villamandos, José Carlos ^a  

^a Carretera de Madrid   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

African swine fever (ASF); Apoptosis; Thymus; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELOID HISTIOCYTE ANTIGEN SWC3; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN 73;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS DISEASE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES; LEUKOPENIA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; SWINE; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALIA; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1642515049     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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