A mouse model for cerebral babesiosis

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 203-205

  Tsuji, Masasyoshi ^a   Fujioka, H ^b   Arai, S ^a   Taniyama, H ^a   Ishihara, C ^a   Aikawa, M ^c  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALARIA; CATTLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029983105     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)40002-3     Document Type: Article

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