BALB/c mice resistant to Toxoplasma gondii infection proved to be highly susceptible when previously infected with Myocoptes musculinus fur mites

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 325-335

  Welter, Áurea ^a   Mineo, José Roberto ^a   De Oliveira Silva, Deise Aparecida ^a   Lourenço, Elaine Vicente ^a   Vieira Ferro, Eloísa Amália ^a   Roque Barreira, Maria Cristina ^a   Maria Da Silva, Neide ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Coinfection; Myocoptes musculinus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFESTATION; MITE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; SKIN; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 34548674435     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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