Maternal and Foetal Cellular Immune Responses in Dams Infected With High- and Low- Virulence Isolates of Neospora caninum at Mid-Gestation

Bovine neosporosis is currently considered one of the main causes of abortion in cattle worldwide and the outcome of the infection is, in part, determined by Neospora caninum isolate virulence. However, the dam and foetal immune responses associated with this factor are largely unknown. We used a mo...

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Main Authors: Marta García-Sánchez, Laura Jiménez-Pelayo, Patricia Vázquez, Pilar Horcajo, Javier Regidor-Cerrillo, Alejandro Jiménez-Meléndez, Koldo Osoro, Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora, Esther Collantes-Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.684670/full