Fine structure and cytochemical analysis of the intestinal wall along the body of adult female of Litomosoides chagasfilhoi (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-533

  De Moraes Neto, A H A ^a,b   Cunha, G S P ^a   Ferreira, T F ^a   De Carvalho, S N ^a   Guimraes E V ^b   De Souza, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT DROPLET; FUCOSE; LEVO FUCOSE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AKODON CURSOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXCRETION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE WALL; LECTIN BINDING; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES CHAGASFILHOI; LYSOSOME; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SECRETION; SPHEROID BODY; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATES; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; FUCOSE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; VACUOLES;

AKODON CURSOR; ANIMALIA; FILARIOIDEA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES CHAGASFILHOI; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; RODENTIA; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 33645449865     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0092-9     Document Type: Article

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