The Association of adult onchocerca volvulus with lymphatic vessels

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-221

  Mackenzie, C D ^a   Huntington, M K ^b   Wanji, S ^c   Lovato, R V ^d   Eversole, R R ^e   Geary, T G ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Ecuador)

^e WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; LYVE 1 ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PODOPLANIN; PROX 1 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD; FILARIASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NEMATODE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 77950436269     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2236.1     Document Type: Article

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