Visceral larva migrans: Migratory pattern of Toxocara canis in pigs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 559-565

  Helwigh, Anne B ^a   Lind, Peter ^b   Nansen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Migration pattern; Pig; Toxocara canis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

CANIS; PRIMATES; SUS SCROFA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0033119501     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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