Immunity in Experimental Murine Filariasis: Roles of T and B Cells Revisited

AUTOR(ES)

Babu, Subash

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We have reevaluated the contributions of T and B cells in Brugia malayi infection by utilizing knockout mice on a uniform background (C57BL/6J). We find that B-cell-deficient mice are more permissive to infection than T-cell-deficient mice.

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