Reactive nitrogen intermediates in experimental trichomoniasis induced with isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic women

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Malla, Nancy ^a   Valadkhani, Zarrintaj ^b   Harjai, Kusum ^b   Sharma, Saroj ^b   Gupta, Indu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 5644275206     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1155-z     Document Type: Article

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