Schistosoma japonicum infection and serum and tissue concentrations of retinol and zinc in pigs

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 489-499

  Kaestel P ^a   Lewis, F J ^b   Willingham, A L ^a   Bogh H O ^a   Eriksen, L ^a   Michaelsen, K F ^a   Sandstrom B ^a   Hoy C E ^c   Friis, H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERUM; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SPLEEN; SWINE; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SUS SCROFA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032840604     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989958221     Document Type: Article

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