Schistosoma mansoni: Unisexual infections sensitize mice for granuloma formation around intravenously injected eggs

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-59

  Cheever, A W ^a   Lewis, F A ^b   Wynn, T A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HOST; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TOXEMIA; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; OVUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0031060638     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050208     Document Type: Article

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