Life and death of Brugia malayi in the mammalian host: Passive death vs active killing

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-122

  Rajan, T V ^a   Babu, Subash ^a   Sardinha, Deborah ^a   Smith, Heidi ^a   Ganley, Lisa ^a   Paciorkowski, Natalia ^a   Porte, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA MALAYI; MAMMALIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032887580     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4447     Document Type: Article

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