Host resistance to rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV) and immune function in adult PVG rats fed herring from the contaminated Baltic Sea

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 661-671

  Ross, Peter S ^a   Van Loveren, Henk ^b   De Swart, Rik L ^a   Van Der Vliet, Helen ^b   De Klerk, Arja ^b   Timmerman, Helga H ^b   Van Binnendijk, Rob ^c   Brouwer, Abraham ^d   Vos, Joseph G ^b   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^c  

^a Seal Rehab and Research Center   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Food chain; Host resistance; Immunotoxicology; PCB; Rats; RCMV; Seals; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FISHES; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; RAT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RED CLOVER MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 9344242444     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050326     Document Type: Article

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