The influence of host sex on the L3 to L4 molt of Brugia malayi

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1222-1225

  Ganley Leal, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GENDER; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LARVA; MOLTING; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SCID MOUSE; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; MOLTING; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; MURINAE;

EID: 28444472376     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-555R.1     Document Type: Article

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