Litomosoides sigmodontis: Dynamics of the survival of microfilariae in resistant and susceptible strains of mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Pfaff, Alexander W ^a   Schulz Key, Hartwig ^a   Soboslay, Peter T ^a   Geiger, Stefan M ^a   Hoffmann, Wolfgang H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FILARIASIS; LITOMOSOIDES; LUNG CAPILLARY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033995762     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4475     Document Type: Article

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