Egg laying is delayed but worm fecundity is normal in SCID mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni with or without recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2201-2208

  Cheever, Allen W ^a   Poindexter, Robert W ^b   Wynn, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; EGG LAYING; FERTILITY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0032954437     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2201-2208.1999     Document Type: Article

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