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The function of IL-4Rα expression on key immune cells during experimental Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections

Abstract

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The lifecycle of the parasitic nematode Nippostrogylus brasiliensis resembles that of the human hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale and as such is a useful murine model for studying hookworm disease.

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Department of Medicine
Year dc:date.issued
2006

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Mearns, Helen
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Brombacher, Frank
  • Horsnell, William

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3430
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3430

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Mearns, Helen. The function of IL-4Rα expression on key immune cells during experimental Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections. Department of Medicine, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3430