Elimination of Angiostrongylus costaricensis larvae in feces from experimentally infected Swiss mice: Circadian rhythm and correlation with survival

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-540

  De Azevedo, Graciele Vivian ^a   Rodriguez, Rubens ^a,b   Porto, Sérgio Machado ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^c   Fornari, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FECES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MICE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955929713     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2094-5     Document Type: Article

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