Fate of infective larvae of Brugia malayi in the peritoneal cavity of Mastomys natalensis and Meriones unguiculatus

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 302-304

  Murthy, Puvvada Kalpana ^a   Murthy, Puvvada Sri Ramchandra ^a   Tyagi, Kumkum ^b   Chatterjee, Ranjit K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Intraperitoneal development; Mastomys natalensis; Meriones unguiculatus; Peritoneal macrophage; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MURIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; LARVA; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MURIDAE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; GERBILLINAE; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031419659     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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