Male reproductive success of Schistosoma mansoni-infected Biomphalaria glabrata snails

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 428-431

  Cooper, Lynn A ^a,b   Larson, Sally E ^a   Lewis, Fred A ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

PARASITIC CASTRATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM TRANSFER;

EID: 0029660086     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284080     Document Type: Article

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