Humoral immunity is not critical for protection against experimental infection with Sarcocystis neurona in B-cell-deficient mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 830-837

  Witonsky, Sharon G ^a   Gogal Jr , Robert M ^a,b,c   Duncan Jr , Robert B ^a   Norton, Heather ^a   Ward, Dan ^a   Yang, Jibing ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD45RB ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER SINUSOID; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROCONVERSION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPLEEN;

SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 24944501203     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-488R.1     Document Type: Article

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