Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER
5
Larval Ascariasis: Impact,
Significance, and Model
Organisms
Celia V. Holland
*
, Jerzy M. Behnke
y
,
Christina Dold
z
*
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
y
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
z
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
OUTLINE
Introduction
108
The Hepato-Tracheal Migration in Ascariasis
108
The Impact of Larval Migration in Natural Hosts
109
Animal Models of Larval Ascariasis
111
Mice as Model Organisms for Early
Ascaris
Infection
112
The Mouse as a Model of
Ascaris
Aggregation
114
Future Directions
118
References
119
