Influence of normal microbiota on some aspects of the immune response during experimental infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in mice

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 741-748

  Duarte, Rinaldo ^a   Silva, Andréia M ^a   Vieira, Leda Q ^a   Afonso, Luiz Carlos C ^b   Nicoli, Jacques R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 10; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPLEEN CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITEMIA; SPLEEN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 4344624661     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45657-0     Document Type: Article

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