Immunohistochemical characterization of the initial stages of Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis in mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Rojas Hernández, Saul ^a,b   Jarillo Luna, Adriana ^c   Rodríguez Monroy, Marco ^b   Moreno Fierros, Leticia ^b   Campos Rodríguez, Rafael ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFESTATION; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INVASION; TISSUE INJURY; TROPHOZOITE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; OLFACTORY BULB; VIRULENCE;

NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 4544309029     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1177-6     Document Type: Article

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