Parasite killing in murine malaria does not require nitric oxide production

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-143

  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

iNOS deficient mice; Malaria; Nitric oxide; Plasmodium chabaudi

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANIDINES; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI CHABAUDI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032943107     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003618     Document Type: Article

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