Characterization of immune responses to single or mixed infections with P. yoelii 17XL and P. chabaudi AS in different strains of mice

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-406

  Chen, Guang ^a,b   Feng, Hui ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Qi, Zan mei ^a   Wu, Yi ^c   Guo, Sheng yu ^a   Li, Dong mei ^d   Wang, Ji chun ^a   Cao, Ya ming ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jamusi University   (China)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d Shanghai Institute of Biological Products   (China)

Author keywords

Host response; Mixed species infection; Plasmodium chabaudi AS; Plasmodium yoelii 17XL; Single infection

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL RATE;

MUS; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 77955322045     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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