Effects of light and temperature on the emergence of Haplorchis pumilio cercariae from the snail host, Thiara tuberculata

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Umadevi, K ^a   Madhavi, R ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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