Adult CBA mice showed considerably greater resistance to experimental infection with Aspergillus fumigatus than young animals of the same strain (P less than 0.01). Furthermore, in contrast with the young mice, the susceptibility of the adults was only moderately increased by treatment with cortico-
Age resistance and acquired immunity to Taenia pisiformis infection in dogs
β Scribed by Michael D. Rickard; Brian J. Coman; R.M. Cannon
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-4017
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