The development of murine cerebral malaria does not require nitric oxide production

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-138

  Favre, N ^a,c   Ryffel, B ^b   Rudin, W ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; iNOS deficient mice; Malaria; Nitric oxide; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANIDINES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032942974     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003606     Document Type: Article

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