Tissue migration capability of larval and adult Brugia pahangi

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Chirgwin, Sharon R ^a   Coleman, Sharon U ^a   Porthouse, Kristina H ^a   Klei, Thomas R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; HOST; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SKIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HEMOLYMPH; INJECTION SITE; INOCULATION; LARVA; LYMPH VESSEL; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SURFACE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33645527117     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-599R.1     Document Type: Article

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