Schistosoma mansoni: Interference with cercarial host-finding by various aquatic organisms

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 7-14

  Christensen, N O ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CERCARIA; ECOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODE;

ALGAE; ANIMAL; BUFONIDAE; CRUSTACEA; ECOLOGY; FISHES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLANARIANS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SNAILS; TAIL; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0018411679     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X00005678     Document Type: Article

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