Bovine humoral immune response to Cryptosporidium parvum.
Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrheal disease predominantly affecting cattle and humans. Sera from experimentally infected calves and calves of various ages with no histories of exposure were evaluated for immunoglobulin G to Cryptosporidium parvum. An age-associated increase in immunoglobulin G was present in experimental calves and in calves with no histories of infection from 1 to 3, but not > 3, months of age.
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Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D002417:Cattle; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000276:immunology*; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G