Effect of "in vitro" cultivation time on the infectivity of Toxocara canis eggs

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-202

  Lescano, Susana Zevallos ^a   Nakhle, Maria Cristina ^a   Chieffi, Pedro Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

"In vitro" cultivation; Immune response; Infectivity; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVUM; PARASITOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0032057717     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000300013     Document Type: Article

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