Cystic metacestodes of a rat-adapted Taenia taeniaeformis established in the peritoneal cavity of scid and nude mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 903-905

  Ito, Akira ^a   Ma, Liang ^a   Sato, Yukita ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystic metacestodes; Intraperitoneal inoculation; Nude mice; Oncospheres; Scid mice; Taenia Taeniaeformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SCID MOUSE; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; PERITONEAL CAVITY; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 0030879969     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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