Brugia malayi in Mastomys coucha: establishment in immunosuppressed animals

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-162

  Tyagi, K ^a   Murthy, P K ^a   Chatterjee, R K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Cortisone; Immunosuppressed; Mastomys coucha

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MURIDAE; PARASITEMIA;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS COUCHA;

EID: 0032581050     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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