Contamination, distribution and pathogenicity of Toxocara canis and T. cati eggs from sandpits in Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-276

  Macuhova, K ^a   Akao, N ^a   Fujinami, Y ^a   Kumagai, T ^a   Ohta, N ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CARCASS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; JAPAN; LARVA; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PARASITOLOGY; TOKYO; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84881006085     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X12000314     Document Type: Article

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