Persistent infection contributes to heterologous protective immunity against fatal ehrlichiosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5682-5689

  Thirumalapura, Nagaraja R ^a   Crossley, Emily C ^a   Walker, David H ^a,b   Ismail, Nahed ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERMES ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; L SELECTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; IXODES OVATUS EHRLICHIA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPLEEN; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD4; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 72449150122     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00720-09     Document Type: Article

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