Litomosoides sigmodontis in Mice: Reappraisal of an old model for filarial research

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 387-389

  Hoffmann, Wolfgang H ^a   Petit, Gilles ^c   Schulz Key, Hartwig ^a   Taylor, David W ^b   Bain, Odile ^c   Le Goff, Laetitia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LITOMOSOIDES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FILARIASIS; MICE; RESEARCH; VACCINES;

FILARIA; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034284675     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01738-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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