Schistosoma mekongi and Schistosoma japonicum: Differences in the distribution of eggs in the viscera of mice

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-241

  Hirose, Yoshinori ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^a   Kirinoki, Masashi ^a   Shimada, Mizuho ^a   Chigusa, Yuichi ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b   Sinuon, Muth ^c   Socheat, Duong ^c   Kitikoon, Viroj ^d   Matsuda, Hajime ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Distal small intestine; Proximal small intestine; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosoma mekongi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HOST; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; SPECIES; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINES; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISCERA;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI;

EID: 34250775594     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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