Light and confocal microscopic observations of adult Schistosoma mansoni from mice fed on a high-fat diet

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-368

  Neves, Renata H ^a,c   Alencar, Alba C M B ^a   Águila, Marcia B ^b   Mandarim De Lacerda, Carlos A ^b   Machado Silva, José R ^a   Gomes, Delir C ^c  

^a Biomedical Center   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMINIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCHLORIC CARMINE; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 36849069955     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X07799121     Document Type: Article

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