Establishment of a C57BL/6N mouse model of giardiasis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1453-1456

  Lu, Siqi ^a   Luo, Xiaobing ^b   Chen, Xiaoning ^b   Wang, Fengyun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model of G. lamblia; C57BL 6N mouse; Giardia lamblia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0036806527     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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