Balb/cj male mice do not feminize after infection with larval Taenia crassiceps

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 190-191

  Aldridge Jr , Jerry R ^a   Jennette, Mary A ^a   Kuhn, R E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIASIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CYSTICERCOSIS; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIA;

MUS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RODENT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TAENIA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34247239868     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-947R.1     Document Type: Article

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