Hematologic and immunophenotypic factors associated with development of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia of foals at equine breeding farms with endemic infection

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-48

  Chaffin, M Keith ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a   Martens, Ronald J ^a   Edwards, Ronnie F ^b   Nevill, Mark ^c   Smith III, Roger ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heart of Texas Equine Clinic   (United States)

^c Heart of Texas Equine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocytes; CD8+ T lymphocytes; Epidemiology; Neutrophils; Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL); Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SAMPLE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 2942562657     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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