Study on the Elimination of Angiostrongylus costaricensis First Stage Larvae in the Experimental Infection of Swiss Mice

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Canali, Cibele ^a   Goulart, Aline H ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^a  

^a Curso Pos Graduacao em Biociencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal angiostrongylosis; Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Coevolution; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FECES; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; ZOONOSIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0032015957     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000200026     Document Type: Article

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