Site of expression of immunity to Naegleria fowled in immunized mice Journal Articles

abstract

• Summary An experiment was performed which confirmed a previous finding that mice are protected against Naegleria fowleri infection by immunization with amoeba‐free supernatant from amoeba cultures. Histological observations suggested that this protection is expressed mainly at the nasal mucosa and possibly results from the combined effects of polymorphonuclear leucocyte‐mediated killing of the amoeba and mechanical elimination of the organisms by extensive shedding of necrotic epithelium.

authors

• THONG, YH
• Carter, Ronald
• FERRANTE, A
• ROWAN‐KELLY, B

status

• published 

publication date

• January 1983

has subject area

• 0605 Microbiology (FoR)
• 0707 Veterinary Sciences (FoR)
• 1108 Medical Microbiology (FoR)
• Amebiasis (MeSH)
• Amoeba (MeSH)
• Animals (MeSH)
• Brain (MeSH)
• Immunization (MeSH)
• Inflammation (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Mice (MeSH)
• Mice, Inbred BALB C (MeSH)
• Mycology & Parasitology (Science Metrix)
• Nasal Mucosa (MeSH)
• Neutrophils (MeSH)

published in

• Parasite Immunology  Journal

keywords

• Amebiasis
• Amoeba
• Animals
• Brain
• Immunization
• Inflammation
• Male
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Nasal Mucosa
• Neutrophils

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1983.tb00724.x

PubMed ID

• 6828325

start page

• 67

end page

• 76

volume

• 5

issue

• 1