Immune response to Sarcocystis neurona infection in naturally infected horses with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 200-210

  Yang, Jibing ^a   Ellison, Siobhan ^b   Gogal, Robert ^a,c   Norton, Heather ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a   Andrews, Frank ^d   Ward, Daniel ^e   Witonsky, Sharon ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pathogenes Inc   (United States)

^c EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EPM; Equine; Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis; Horse; Immune response; Immunology; Sarcocystis neurona

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MITOGENS; NEUTROPHILS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TRITIUM;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 33646517037     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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