Delayed tail loss during the invasion of human skin by schistosome cercariae

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Whitfield, P J ^a   Bartlett, A ^a   Khammo, N ^b   Brain, A P R ^a   Brown, M B ^a   Marriott, C ^a   Clothier, R ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cercariae; Concomitant immunity; Invasion; Schistosoma mansoni; Tail loss

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SKIN; TAIL;

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0037294420     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002676     Document Type: Article

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