Antibody responses in pregnancy-induced transmammary transmission of Ancylostoma caninum hookworm larvae

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 289-298

  Arasu, Prema ^a   Heller, Alicia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma caninum; Antibody; Immunosuppression; Mouse; Transmammary transfer

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LACTATION; LARVA; MAMMARY GLAND; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0032871033     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(99)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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