Spontaneous worm expulsion and intestinal IgA response in mice infected by Vampirolepis nana

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 512-514

  Matsuzawa, Kazuyo ^a   Abe, Masafumi ^a   Shirakura, Tetsurou ^a   Zhao, Wei Hua ^a   Nakamura, Fuminori ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult worm expulsion; Intestinal immunoglobulin response; Mouse strain variation, Vampirolepis nana; Worm surface bound IgA

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL 10 MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VAMPIROLEPIS NANA; WORM; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MUS; VAMPIROLEPIS NANA;

EID: 53049090491     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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