Parastrongyloides trichosuri, a nematode parasite of mammals that is uniquely suited to genetic analysis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-466

  Grant, W N ^a   Stasiuk, S ^a   Newton Howes, J ^a   Ralston, M ^a   Bisset, S A ^a   Heath, D D ^a   Shoemaker, C B ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Caenorhabditis elegans; Dauer; Nematode parasite; Parastrongyloides trichosuri

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SIBLING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST; INBRED STRAIN; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MATING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI; WORM;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOSURUS;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI;

EID: 33646596579     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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