Susceptibility of peromyscus leucopus and mus musculus to infection with ba ylisascaris procyonis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1104-1111

  Sheppard, Claudia H ^a   Kazacos, Kevin R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTION SUSCEPTIBILITY; RACCOON ADCARID; WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIDOIDEA; INCUBATION TIME; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; RACCOON;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEROMYSCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIDOIDEA; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; NEMATODA; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0031468338     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284370     Document Type: Article

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