Immune response against equine gammaherpesvirus in Icelandic horses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Svansson, Vilhjálmur ^a   Roelse, Mieke ^a   Ólafsdóttir, Gudbjörg ^a   Thorsteinsdóttir, Lilja ^a   Torfason, Einar G ^b   Torsteinsdóttir, Sigurbjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Equine; Gammaherpesvirus; Horse; IgG subclass

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G7; INTERLEUKIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS 5; HORSE; ICELAND; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ICELAND;

EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 2; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 5; EQUIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 67349276390     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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