Long-term observations on mouse strains experimentally infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-234

  Abrahams Sandi, E ^a,b   Hoffmann, W H ^b   Graeff Teixeira, C ^c   Schulz Key, H ^b   Geiger, S M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; MALE; MATURATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142694965     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1108-6     Document Type: Article

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