The use of non-specific immunopotentiators in experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 73-76

  Abath, Frederico G C ^a   Coutinho, Eridan M ^a   Montenegro, Silvia M L ^a   Gomes, Vara M ^a   Carvalho, Alexandre B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE; METHISOPRINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CORYNEBACTERIUM PARVUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INOSINE PRANOBEX; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 0023873552     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90268-4     Document Type: Article

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