Evidences against a significant role of Mus musculus as natural host for Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Dos Santos, Fernanda Teixeira ^a   Pinto, Viviane M ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Biociências   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylosis; Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030132928     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651996000300002     Document Type: Article

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