Setaria digitata microfilaraemia in Mastomys coucha: An animal model for chemotherapeutic and immunobiological studies

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Dash, A P ^a   Ravindran, B ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

animal model; diethylcarbamazine; Mastomys coucha; microfilaraemia; Setaria digitata

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; FILARIOIDEA; MASTOMYS COUCHA; SETARIA DIGITATA;

EID: 0029780419     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066488     Document Type: Article

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