Oncospheres of Taenia solium and T. Saginata asiatica develop into metacestodes in normal and immunosuppressed mice

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Wang, I C ^a   Ma, Y X ^d   Guo, J X ^e   Chung, W C ^b   Lu, S C ^c   Ito, A ^f   Fan, P C ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Henan Prov Hlth Antiendemic Stn ^*

^e Zhengzhou King Shui Hospital   (China)

^f GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0032992958     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X99000281     Document Type: Article

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