       Document 0025
 DOCN  M95B0025
 TI    Eosinophils in lymph nodes of cows infected by bovine leukaemia virus.
 DT    9511
 AU    Levkut M; Levkutova M; Konrad V; Polacek M; Department of Pathological
       Anatomy, University of Veterinary; Medicine, Kosice, Slovakia.
 SO    Acta Vet Hung. 1995;43(1):145-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95351205
 AB    Prescapular lymph nodes from 109 animals positive to bovine leukaemia
       virus (BLV) were evaluated in this study. Lymph nodes of 81 animals
       (74.3%) showed an increased number of eosinophils (Eo) in a variety of
       pathological reactions. Eo counts in T-zonal hyperplasia (47 cases,
       43.1%) and mixed hyperplasia (13 cases, 11.9%) were significantly higher
       (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively) than in the control group.
       Similarly, a significantly increased number of blood eosinophils (BEo)
       was observed in cows with diffuse infiltration by Eo in the lymph nodes
       as compared to the number of BEo in cows serologically positive to BLV
       but without morphological changes in the lymph nodes and in cows which
       were serologically negative (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). The
       possible role of eosinophilic granulocytes in the regulation of immune
       response to enzootic bovine leukaemia (EBL) is discussed.
 DE    Animal  Antibodies, Viral/ANALYSIS  Cattle  Enzootic Bovine
       Leukosis/IMMUNOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY
       Eosinophilia/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY/*VETERINARY  Eosinophils/*PATHOLOGY
       Female  Leukemia Virus, Bovine/IMMUNOLOGY  Leukocyte Count  Lymph
       Nodes/*PATHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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