Biological implications of the phenotypic plasticity in the Schistosoma mansoni-Nectomys squamipes model

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-232

  Martinez, Elaine Machado ^a   Costa Silva, Michele ^a   Neves, Renata Heisler ^b   De Oliveira, Regina Maria Figueiredo ^a   Machado Silva, José Roberto ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological study; Epidemiology; Nectomys squamipes; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAT; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI BE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI CM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI CMO; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHSITOSOMA MANSONI SJ; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 52649178904     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000400008     Document Type: Article

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