The infectivity and antigenicity of Toxocara canis eggs can be retained after long-term preservation

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-260

  Chung, L Y ^a   Fang, B H ^b   Chang, J H ^b   Chye, S M ^c   Yen, C M ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; FORMALDEHYDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; EOSINOPHIL; FERTILIZATION; LARVA; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESERVATION; SAMPLING; SERUM; SPLEEN CELL; STORAGE; SUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE; TOXOCARA CANIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYTOKINES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EOSINOPHILS; FORMALDEHYDE; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 2342547779     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003280     Document Type: Article

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