Bovine immunity - a driver for diversity in Theileria parasites?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 269-276

  McKeever, Declan J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LIFE CYCLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SCHIZONT; SEROLOGY; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; VIRULENCE;

BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 66049152888     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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