Age-dependent survival and infectivity of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Whitfield, P J ^a   Bartlett, A ^a   Khammo, N ^b   Clothier, R H ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cercariae; Infectivity; Schistosoma mansoni; Survival; Tail loss

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRATUM CORNEUM; TAIL; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0037559710     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003263     Document Type: Article

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