Dietary protein and zinc restrictions independently modify a Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematoda) infection in mice

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 449-462

  Boulay, M ^a   Scott, M E ^a   Conly, S L ^a   Stevenson, M M ^b   Koski, K G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Egg production; Eosinophilia; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Protein deficiency; Survival; Zinc restriction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHILIA; FOOD INTAKE; HELIGMOSOMOIDES; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION RATE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SPLEEN WEIGHT; THYMUS; TIBIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM INFECTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; COPPER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SERUM ALBUMIN; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031895126     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002431     Document Type: Article

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