Schistosoma mansoni infection in owl monkeys (Aontus nancymai): Evidence for the early elimination of adult worms

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-267

  Noya, Oscar ^a,c   Gonzalez Rico, Susana ^a   Rodriguez, Raul ^b   Arrechedera, Hector ^a   Patarroyo, Manuel E ^b   De Noya, Belkisyole Alarcon ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aotus; Infection; Primates; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

PARASITE INFESTATION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KINETICS; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; WORM;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GRANULOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; INTESTINES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SNAILS;

EID: 0032581573     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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