The effect of the host immune response on the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 661-669

  Wilkes, C P ^a   Thompson, F J ^a   Gardner, M P ^a   Paterson, S ^b   Viney, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune response; Nematode infections; Strongyloides ratti

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; WORM;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, SMALL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

EID: 2942744931     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005062     Document Type: Article

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