IFN-γ expression and infectivity of Toxoplasma infected tissues are associated with an antibody response against GRA7 in experimentally infected pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 14-21

  Verhelst, D ^a   De Craeye, S ^b   Dorny, P ^a,c   Melkebeek, V ^a   Goddeeris, B ^a,d   Cox, E ^a   Jongert, E ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ELISA; GRA7; Infection; Serodiagnosis; Toxoplasma gondii; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRA7 ANTIBODY; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GRA1; PROTEIN GRA7; PROTEIN MIC2; PROTEIN MIC3; PROTEIN SAG1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART CYST; HEART DISEASE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79957615096     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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