Lectins of Trichobilharzia szidati cercariae

Parasite

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Horak P ^a   Grubhoffer, L ^b   Mikes L ^a   Ticha M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Cercaria; Lectin; Schistosomes; Trichobilharzia szidati

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; LOTUS TETRAGONOLOBUS; TETRAGONOLOBUS; TRICHOBILHARZIA SZIDATI;

EID: 0003045822     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1997041027     Document Type: Article

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