T cell-mediated immunity to Cowdria ruminantium in mice: the protective role of Lyt-2+ T cells

The inability of athymic nude mice to make a drug-aided recovery from infection with either the Kümm or the Welgevonden stocks of Cowdria ruminantium and their inability to mount an immune response, suggest that immunity in heartwater is cell-mediated. The adoptive transfer of immunity with the sple...

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Published in:	Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research Vol. 58; no. 3; p. 171
Main Authors:	Du Plessis, J L, Berche, P, Van Gas, L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	South Africa 01.09.1991
Subjects:	Animals Antigens, Ly - analysis Ehrlichia ruminantium - immunology Female Heartwater Disease - immunology Immunotherapy, Adoptive Lymphocyte Depletion Male Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C - immunology Mice, Nude T-Lymphocyte Subsets - immunology
ISSN:	0030-2465
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