The development of immune responses in Balb/c mice following inoculation with attenuated or virulent Neospora caninum tachyzoites

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 392-401

  Bartley, P M ^a   Wright, S E ^a   Maley, S W ^a   Buxton, D ^a   Nath, M ^b   Innes, E A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balbc; Cell mediated immunity; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOSPORA; SERUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 66949180082     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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