In the absence of endogenous gamma interferon, mice acutely infected with Neospora caninum succumb to a lethal immune response characterized by inactivation of peritoneal macrophages.

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Published in Clin Diagn Lab Immunol on July 01, 2001

Authors

Y Nishikawa1, K Tragoolpua, N Inoue, L Makala, H Nagasawa, H Otsuka, T Mikami

Author Affiliations

1: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.

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