Detection and clearance of Syphacia obvelata infection in Swiss Webster and athymic nude mice

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Clarke, Carol L ^a   Perdue, Kathy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ENTEROBIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; SYPHACIA OBVELATA; THYMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OXYURIASIS; OXYUROIDEA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2542632871     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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