Structural changes of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms recovered from C57BL/6 mice treated with radiation-attenuated vaccine and/or praziquantel against infection

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 979-992

  Reda, Enayat S ^a   Ouhtit, Allal ^b   Abdeen, Sherif H ^a   El Shabasy, Eman A ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE;

ADULT WORM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VACCINATION; WORM; WORM INFECTION; WORM TEGUMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84857048201     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2583-1     Document Type: Article

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