Toxocara canis in mice: Immune responses after infection and immunization

Helminthologia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-204

  Dvoroznakova, E ^a   Boroskova Z ^a   Dubinsky P ^a   Tomasovicova O ^a   Machnicka, B ^b  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Immune response; Immunization; Infection; Toxocarra canis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346856270     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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