Immune response to and tissue localization of the Wolbachia surface protein (WSP) in dogs with natural heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Kramer, L H ^a   Tamarozzi, F ^a   Morchon R ^b   Lopez Belmonte J ^b   Marcos Atxutegi, C ^b   Martin Pacho R ^b   Simon F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

D. immitis; Dog; Heartworm; IgG; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; ENDOSYMBIONT; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 20444477950     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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