Effects of age and splenectomy on heavy infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Wang, Lian Chen ^a   Yen, Chuan Min ^b   Liu, Chao Lin ^c   Chen, Eng Rin ^b   Chao, David ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Heavy infection; Splenectomy; Young

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLENECTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BIOMPHALARIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENT DISEASES; SPLENECTOMY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 84861482330     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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