Permissibility of Mongolian gerbil for Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection and utility of this animal model for anthelmintic studies

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1687-1693

  Wei, Yongfang ^a   Hong, Qing ^a   Chen, Daixiong ^a   Liang, Chenjie ^a   Liu, Haiying ^a   Luo, Xiaodong ^a   Zhu, Xunmin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Infection; Mongolian gerbil

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HYPEREMIA; LARVA; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG; MALE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SEX; SEXUAL MATURITY; TISSUE ADHESION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VASODILATATION;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; LARVA; LUNG; MALE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901355105     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3813-0     Document Type: Article

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