Antiviral Immune Responses of Bats: A Review

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-116

  Baker, M L ^a   Schountz, T ^b   Wang, L F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Bats; Chiroptera; Innate immunity; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; RABIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; PTEROPUS VAMPYRUS;

EID: 84872267184     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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