Immune dysfunction in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with lobomycosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-135

  Reif, John S ^a   Peden Adams, Margie M ^b   Romano, Tracy A ^c   Rice, Charles D ^d   Fair, Patricia A ^e   Bossart, Gregory D ^f  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Immunodeficiency; Lacazia loboi; Lobomycosis; Tursiops truncates

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; ALPHA1 GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYSOZYME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CD19+ B LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD21+ B LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ HELPER T CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYSIPELAS RHUSIOPATHIAE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOBOMYCOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MURAMIDASE;

LACAZIA LOBOI; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 59249099794     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802178493     Document Type: Article

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