Neospora caninum: High susceptibility to the parasite in C57BL/10ScCr mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-75

  Botelho, A S ^a   Teixeira, L ^a   Correia da Costa, J M ^a,b   Faustino, A M R ^a   Castro, A G ^c   Vilanova, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; C57BL 10 ScCr (ScCr) mice; C57BL 10 ScSn (ScSn) mice; cDNA; deoxynucleotide triphosphate mix; deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; dNTPs; HPRT; hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase; IFN ; IL 12; IL 12 receptor; IL 12R; IL 4; interferon ; interleukin 12; interleukin 4; messenger ribonucleic acid; mRNA; NcT; Neospora caninum acute infection; Neospora caninum tachyzoites; PBS; PCR; phosphate buffered saline; polymerase chain reaction; ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA to complementary DNA; T helper 1; Th1; TLR4; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33751166574     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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