Visceral and neural larva migrans in rhesus macaques

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 64-67

  Gozalo, Alfonso S ^a,b   Maximova, Olga A ^a,c   St Claire, Marisa C ^a   Montali, Richard J ^a,b,e   Ward, Jerrold M ^a,b   Cheng, Lily I ^a,b   Elkins, William R ^a   Kazacos, Kevin R ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SOBRAN INC   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIASIS; BAYLISASCARIS COLUMNARIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CARNIVORA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EUTHANASIA; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; MACACA; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEURAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDOIDEA; BRAIN; LARVA MIGRANS; LYMPH NODES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MESENTERY; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BAYLISASCARIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MEPHITIDAE; NEMATODA; PROCYON;

EID: 48949085249     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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