Babesia divergens experimental infection of spleen-intact sheep results in long-lasting parasitemia despite a strong humoral response: Preliminary results

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-211

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

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; Experimental model; Humoral response; Sheep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITEMIA; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; PARASITEMIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOS; BOVINAE; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70449722827     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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