The role of sex steroids in the complex physiology of the host-parasite relationship: The case of the larval cestode of Taenia crassiceps

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-294

  Morales Montor, J ^a   Larralde, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Host parasite relationship; Sex steroids; Taenia crassiceps

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

HIPPOCAMPUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; SEX FACTORS; TAENIA;

CESTODA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 24644516697     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007894     Document Type: Review

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