Presbytis entellus: A primate model for parasitic disease research

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 358-360

  Dube, Anuradha ^a   Murthy, Puvvada Kalpana ^a   Puri, Sunil Kumar ^a   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LETTER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACACA; MALARIA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; SPLENECTOMY; TROPICAL DISEASE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALARIA; MONKEY DISEASES; PLASMODIUM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACACA; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESBYTIS; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PRIMATES; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 3142678765     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.05.008     Document Type: Letter

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