Haemonchus contortus (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) infection in lambs elicits an unequivocal Th2 immune response

Veterinary Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-622

  Lacroux, Caroline ^a   Nguyen, Thi Hai Chi ^b   Andreoletti, Olivier ^a   Prevot, Françoise ^a   Grisez, Christelle ^a   Bergeaud, Jean Paul ^a   Gruner, Lucas ^c   Brunel, Jean Claude ^c   Francois, Dominique ^c   Dorchies, Philippe ^a   Jacquiet, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Université d'Agriculture et de Foresterie de Ho Chi Minh Ville ^*  (Viet Nam)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody and cellular response; Haemonchus contortus; Quantitative PCR; Sheep; Th2 immune response

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAMB; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPH NODE; MAST CELL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH2 CELL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM INFECTION;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAEMONCHIASIS; LARVA; LYMPH NODES; NEMATODA; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 33746904659     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2006022     Document Type: Article

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