Cytochemical characterization of the third-stage larva of Wuchereria bancrofti (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Silva, L F ^a,b   Alves, L C ^a,b   Santos, S S ^a,b   Cavalcanti, M G S ^a,b   Peixoto, C A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; FERRITIN; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLYCOL; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; TRYPSIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARRIER STATE; CULICIDAE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FILARIASIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FILARIOIDEA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33645777232     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0054-2     Document Type: Article

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