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Cellular immune responses in the skin of sheep infected with larvae of Lucilia cuprina, the sheep blowfly.
Veterinary parasitology - 1 Sept 1992
Bowles V M, Grey S T, Brandon M R
Abstract excerpt
Cellular immune responses were observed in the skin of sheep after primary and secondary infection with sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) larvae. Both primary and secondary infections resulted in a massive cellular infiltration within 48 h of wound initiation, with the majority of cells having the CD45 phenotype. Neutrophils comprised the major cell type at the skin surface. In the dermis, the number of CD4+ T...
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