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Impairment of primary expulsion of Echinostoma revolutum in mice concurrently infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

N. Ø. Christensen ,
J. Knudsen ,
B. Fagbemi  and
P. Nansen
N. Ø. Christensen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle ID, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
J. Knudsen
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle ID, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
B. Fagbemi
Affiliation:
Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Alle ID, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
P. Nansen
Affiliation:
Institute of Veterinary Microbiology and Hygiene, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bulowsvej 13, DK-1870 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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Abstract

The spontaneous expulsion of low-level Echinostoma revolutum infections was markedly impaired in mice harbouring 4-week-old Schistosoma mansoni infections at the time of infection with the echinostome.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1985 , pp. 333 - 335
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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