Quantitative appraisal of murine filariasis confirms host strain differences but reveals that BALB/c females are more susceptible than males to Litomosoides sigmodontis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 612-618

  Graham, Andrea L ^a   Taylor, Matthew D ^a   Le Goff, Laetitia ^a   Lamb, Tracey J ^b   Magennis, Marisa ^a   Allen, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal models; Host parasite relationship; Lymphatic filariasis; Microfilaria; Negative binomial distribution; Onchocerciasis; Poisson distribution; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REPRODUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 19344376476     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.12.019     Document Type: Article

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