Eosinophil interactions with Haemonchus contortus larvae in the ovine gastrointestinal tract

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-115

  Balic, A ^a   Cunningham, C P ^a   Meeusen, E N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematode; Globular leucocytes; IL 4; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEVAMISOLE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; HELMINTH RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNIZATION; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH MUCOSA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 33645088718     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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