Further studies on the structural analysis of the cuticle of Litomosoides chagasfilhoi (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 397-406

  De Moraes Neto, A H A ^a   Lanfredi, R M ^a   Gadelha, C ^a   Cunha E Silva, N L ^a,b   Simao R A ^a   Achete, C ^a   De Souza, W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; FILARIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES CHAGASFILHOI; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FILARIA; FILARIOIDEA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LITOMOSOIDES; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037352793     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0783-4     Document Type: Article

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