Susceptibility and morbidity between male and female Swiss mice infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis: Susceptibilidade e morbidade entre camundongos Swiss machos e fêmeas infectados com Angiostrongylus costaricensis

The gender of vertebrate hosts may affect the outcome of parasitic infections. An experimental murine infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis was followed with determinations of body weight, fecal larval elimination, number and length of adult worms, number of macroscopic intestinal lesions, an...

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Main Authors: Márcia B. Mentz, Eliane Dallegrave, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652010000500008