Preferential growth of Taenia crassiceps cysticerci in female mice holds across several laboratory mice strains and parasite lines

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 551-553

  Fragoso, G ^a   Meneses, G ^a   Sciutto, E ^a   Fleury, A ^b   Larralde, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLATWORM; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITIC DISEASE; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH; HOST; LABORATORY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

MUS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 43949118447     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1287.1     Document Type: Article

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