Nitric oxide production in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) infected with Trypanosoma brucei

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 395-397

  Sternberg, J M ^a   Njogu Maina, N ^b   Gickhuki, C W ^b   Ndung'u, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Serum nitrate; Trypanosoma brucei; Vervet monkey

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 7344239309     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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