Schistosoma japonicum: Interactions of successive infections in pigs and mice using polymerase chain reaction-based identification of individual worms

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1035-1041

  Sørensen, Erik ^a   Bøgh, Henrik O ^a   Wilson, Shona ^a   Johansen, Maria V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acquired resistance; Challenge infection; Polymerase chain reaction linked restriction fragment length polymorphism; Schistosoma japonicum; Specific cohorts

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROVOCATION TEST; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SWINE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER; MICE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0033848927     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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