Individual heterogeneity in erythrocyte susceptibility to Babesia divergens is a critical factor for the outcome of experimental spleen-intact sheep infections

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Malandrin, Laurence ^a   Jouglin, Maggy ^a   Moreau, Emmanuelle ^b   Chauvin, Alain ^b  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; Experimental animal model; Red blood cell; Sheep; Srythrocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SHEEP; SPLEEN; TARGET CELL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650705619     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009008     Document Type: Article

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