Immune response to Leishmania infantum in healthy horses in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-185

  Fernández Bellon, Hugo ^a   Solano Gallego, Laia ^a   Bardagí, Mar ^a   Alberola, Jordi ^a   Ramis, Antonio ^a   Ferrer, Lluis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ELISA; Horse; Immune response; Leishmania infantum; Lymphocyte proliferation assay

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 29344457625     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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