Glucocorticosteroid hormone treatment of larval treefrogs increases infection by Alaria sp. trematode cercariae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 686-688

  Belden, L K ^a   Kiesecker, J M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EOSINOPHIL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYLA VERSICOLOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIMB DEFORMITY; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TADPOLE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LARVA; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; STRESS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ALARIA (TREMATODE); AMPHIBIA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; TREMATODA;

EID: 22244482484     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-397R     Document Type: Article

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