Susceptibility of two strains of mice to the infection with Schistosoma mansoni: Parasitological and biochemical studies

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1059-1063

  Bin Dajem, Saad M ^a   Mostafa, Osama M S ^a,b   El Said, Fahmy G ^a,c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 51449096655     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1092-3     Document Type: Article

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