Enhancement of Schistosoma mansoni infectivity by intradermal injections of larval extracts: A putative role for larval proteases

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1460-1466

  Fallon, Padraic G ^b   Teixeira, Mauro M ^b   Neice, Carl M ^b   Williams, Timothy J ^b   Hellewell, Paul G ^b   Doenhoff, Michael J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; BRADYKININ; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEINASE; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACT; HOMOGENATE; INFLAMMATION; LARVA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SKIN EDEMA; SNAIL;

EID: 0029799268     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.6.1460     Document Type: Article

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