Babesia canis infection in canine-red blood cell-substituted SCID mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1429-1435

  Arai, Satoru ^a   Tsuji, Masayoshi ^a   Kim, Sam Ju ^a   Nakade, Tetsuya ^a   Kanno, Yasunori ^b   Ishihara, Chiaki ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Babesia canis; SCID mice

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CLINDAMYCIN; DIMINAZENE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031866086     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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