Association of quantitative interferon-γ responses with the progression of naturally acquired Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild European badgers (Meles meles)

Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-270

  Tomlinson, Alexandra J ^a   Chambers, Mark A ^a,b   Mcdonald, Robbie A ^c   Delahay, Richard J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Bovine tuberculosis; Interferon

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; TUBERCULOSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84922569744     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12369     Document Type: Article

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