Do schistosomes grow old? A confocal laser scanning microscopy study

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-311

  MacHado Silva, J R ^a   Neves, R H ^b   Rodrigues Silva, R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EGG; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGANOGENESIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; RATTUS; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VITELLARIA;

EID: 77955852001     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X0999068X     Document Type: Article

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