Physiological responses to Trichinella spiralis infection in Wistar rats: Is immune response costly?

Helminthologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Martinez J ^a,b   Merino, S ^a   Rodriguez Caabeiro F ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immune response; Oxygen consumption; SRBC; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 8444222292     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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