Characterization of Schistosoma mansoni strains by morphometry of adult worms derived from single-sex infection;Caracterização de cepas de Schistosoma mansoni por morfometria de vermes adultos provenientes de infecção unissexual

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 755-757

  Machado Silva, José Roberto ^a,c   Neves, Renata Heisler ^a   Ormond, Luciana ^a   Hulstijn, Maarten ^a   Gomes, Delir Corrêa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morphometric study; Schistosoma mansoni Strain; Unisexual infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX; TESTIS; WORM; WORM TEGUMENT;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0742288868     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822003000600020     Document Type: Article

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