Effects of interferon gamma and specific polyclonal antibody on the infection of murine peritoneal macrophages and murine macrophage cell line PMJ2-R with Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-176

  Jelínek, Jiři ^a,b   Salát, Jiři ^a,b   Sak, Bohumil ^a   Kopecký, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibody; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Interferon gamma (IFN ); Macrophages; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA; MURINAE;

EID: 34748859089     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.024     Document Type: Article

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