Influence of mechanical tail-detachment techniques of schistosome cercariae on the production, viability, and infectivity of resultant schistosomula: A comparative study

Parasitology Research

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 570-572

  Gold, D ^a   Flescher, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033826557     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360000199     Document Type: Article

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