The immunobiology of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1400-1405

  Clarke, Daniel W ^a   Niederkorn, Jerry Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Cornea; Immunology; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE INDUCED SERINE PROTEASE 133; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744828507     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.12.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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