Evaluation of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in family-owned dogs naturally infected by Ehrlichia canis

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-396

  Villaescusa, Alejandra ^a   Tesouro, Miguel Angel ^b   García Sancho, Mercedes ^a   Ayllón, Tania ^a   Rodríguez Franco, Fernando ^a   Sainz, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dog; Ehrlichia; Flow cytometry; Immune response; Lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MONOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 84861747636     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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