Lymphatic filariasis: What mice can tell us

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Lawrence, Rachel A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0029903188     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10025-9     Document Type: Review

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