Different routes of infection with Encephalitozoon intestinalis affect the development of immune response in immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-188

  Salát, Jiří ^a,b   Kopecký, Jan ^a,b   Janečková, Bohuslava ^b   Ditrich, Oleg ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

BALB c; C57BL 6; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Immunity; Microsporidia; SCID mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 22144434437     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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