In vitro hatched oncospheres of Asian Taenia from Korea and Taiwan develop into cysticerci in the peritoneal cavity of female scid (severe combined immunodeficiency) mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 631-633

  Ito, A ^a   Ito, M ^b   Eom, K S ^c   Chung, W C ^d   Chen, C C ^e   Ma, L ^a   Endo, S ^b   Fan, P C ^e  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^c Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian Taenia; Cysticerci; Female scid mice; Oncospheres

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CESTODE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SWINE; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SEX FACTORS; TAENIA; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CESTODA; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA;

EID: 0030854045     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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