Post-parturitional changes in the proportion of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in Toxocara canis-infected mice and their offspring

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 103-108

  Reiterova, Katarina ^a   Tomasovicova, O ^a   Dubinsky, P ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

CD4+ and CD8+ T cells; Immune response; Mice; Offspring; Pregnancy; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 31144446300     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5682-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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