Observations of the effect of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection on the immune system in mice

Helminthologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Halanova M ^a   Balent P ^a   Stefkovic M ^a   El Naas, A ^a   Csizsmarova G ^a   Hipikova V ^a   Levkutova M ^a   Jurcina A ^a   Maslej, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Experimental infection; IFAT; Mice; Phagocytic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742570561     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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