Experimental ocular toxoplasmosis in genetically susceptible and resistant mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 5160-5165

  Lu, Fangli ^a,b   Huang, Shiguang ^a,c   Hu, Mark S ^a,d   Kasper, Lloyd H ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; EYE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 23344452972     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.5160-5165.2005     Document Type: Article

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