Predictors and markers of resistance to neurotropic nematode infection in rodent host

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 396-402

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a   Tummeleht, Lea ^a   Talvik, Heli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IODINE 125;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPLEEN SIZE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CANIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RODENTIA; SPLEEN; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 33645212234     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0142-y     Document Type: Article

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