Primary alveolar echinococcosis: Course of larval development and antibody responses in intermediate host rodents with different genetic backgrounds after oral infection with eggs of Echinococcus multilocularis

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-444

  Matsumoto, Jun ^a,b   Kouguchi, Hirokazu ^c   Oku, Yuzaburo ^a   Yagi, Kinpei ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody responses; Echinococcus multilocularis; Eggs; Establishment rate; Gerbils; Inbred mice; Primary alveolar echinococcosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EGG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INBRED STRAIN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIMARY ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GERBILLINAE; MUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON;

EID: 77955333347     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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