A novel ex vivo rat infection model to study protective immunity against Fasciola hepatica at the gut level

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-190

  Van Milligen, Florine J ^a   Cornelissen, Jan B W J ^a   Gaasenbeek, Cor P H ^a   Bokhout, Ben A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

F. hepatica; Gut migration; Rat infection model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE WALL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; JEJUNUM; PERMEABILITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031857129     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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