Host melatonin secretion is a timing signal for the release of W. bancrofti microfilaria into the circulation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-149

  Sack, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; HORMONE RELEASE; HOST; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PARASITEMIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 67349157169     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

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