Comparison of the inflammatory responses of mice infected with American and Australian Trichinella pseudospiralis or Trichinella spiralis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-348

  Alford, K ^a   Obendorf, D L ^b   Fredeking, T M ^c   Haehling, E ^a   Stewart, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Antibody Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteritis; Mouse; Myeloperoxidase; Myositis; String granuloma; Tasmanian devil; Trichinella pseudospiralis; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MOUSE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DIAPHRAGM; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MARSUPIALIA; MICE; MYOSITIS; RACCOONS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0032005050     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00184-7     Document Type: Article

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