High transmission rates restore expression of genetically determined susceptibility of mice to nematode infections

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 669-679

  Scott, M E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balb c mice; C57BL 6 mice; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Nematode; Peat moss; Resistance; Social environment; Susceptibility; Transmission rates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LARVA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPHAGNUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WORM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LARVA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHENOTYPE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33645985817     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009583     Document Type: Article

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