Comparison of four murine Eimeria species in immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-262

  Schito, Marco L ^a   Barta, John R ^a   Chobotar, Bill ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EIMERIA; FECES; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, SCID; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

ANIMALIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA FALCIFORMIS; EIMERIA PAPILLATA; EIMERIA VERMIFORMIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0029975146     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284157     Document Type: Article

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