The effects of T cell deficiency on the development of worms and granuloma formation in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1129-1134

  Cheng, Yu Li ^a,b   Song, Wen Jian ^b   Liu, Wen Qi ^a   Lei, Jia Hui ^a   Mo, Hong Mei ^a   Ruppel, Andreas ^c   Li, Yong Long ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Janghan University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GRANULOMA; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREMATODIASIS; WORM;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHILS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 42049121616     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0880-0     Document Type: Article

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