Platelets as an innate defence mechanism against Schistosoma mansoni infections in mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 467-473

  Stanley, Ronald G ^a   Ngaiza, Justinian R ^b   Wambayi, Edith ^c   Lewis, Jennifer ^d   Doenhoff, Michael J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Haematology Oncology Associates   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Innate immunity; Parasite; Platelets; Schistosoma mansoni; Thrombocytopaenia

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLATELET COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 1542721506     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2003.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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