Isolation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis first-stage larvae from rodent feces on a Percoll gradient

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1170-1171

  Graeff Teixeira, C ^b   Geiger, S ^a   Walderich, B ^a   Hoffmann, W ^a   Abrahams, E ^a   Schulz Key, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033427986     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285683     Document Type: Article

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