Schistosoma mansoni oviposition in vitro reflects worm fecundity in vivo: Individual-, parasite age- and host-dependent variations

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-387

  El Ridi, Rashika ^a,c   Ozaki, Toshihiro ^a   Inaba, Takashi ^a   Ito, Mamoru ^b   Kamiya, Haruo ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ctrl Inst for Laboratory Animals   (Japan)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

gerbils; in vitro oviposition; liver and intestine eggs; Schistosoma mansoni; SCID mice; worm fecundity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, SCID; OVIPOSITION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

FECUNDITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE;

EID: 0030613269     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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