Distribution of mast cells and their correlation with inflammatory cells around Onchocerca gutturosa, O. tarsicola, O. ochengi, and O. flexuosa

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-120

  Wildenburg, Gabriele ^a   Plenge Bönig, Anita ^a   Renz, Alfons ^b   Fischer, Peter ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIGAMENTS; MAST CELLS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

EID: 0031052689     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050220     Document Type: Article

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