Development and sexual maturation of Echinococcus granulosus adult worms in the alternative definitive host, Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-125

  Conchedda, Margherita ^a   Gabriele, Flavio ^a   Bortoletti, Gianfranco ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Applicate ai Biosistemi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult worm; Alternative host model; Echinococcus granulosus; Eggs; Mongolian gerbil; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GERBIL; HOST; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORGANOGENESIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 30644479830     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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