Effects of dietary selenium supplementation on parasitemia, anemia and serum proteins of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rats

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-336

  Eze, J I ^a   Okeke, M C ^a   Ngene, A A ^a   Omeje, J N ^b   Abonyi, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anemia; Selenium; Serum proteins; Survival pattern; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

GLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SURVIVAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANEMIA; SELENIUM; SERUM PROTEINS; SURVIVAL PATTERN; TRYPANOSOMOSIS;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLOBULINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM SELENITE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84882798587     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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