Long term survival of 'damaged' Nippostrongylus brasiliensis adult worms in the testosterone-treated Indian soft-furred rat, Millardia meltada

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 455-459

  Tiuria, Risa ^a,b   Kaneyuki, Takako ^a   Horii, Y ^a   Makimura, S ^a   Tsuchiya, K ^c   Nawa, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

'damaged' worm; Indian soft furred rat; M. meltada; N. brasiliensis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KINETICS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; WORM EXPULSION;

EID: 0030735302     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-150.x     Document Type: Article

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