Schistosoma haematobium: Influence of the number of miracidia on several characteristics of infection in newborn Planorbarius metidjensis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-269

  Moukrim, A ^a   Zekhnini, A ^a   Rondelaud, D ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MIRACIDIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SNAILS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; PLANORBARIUS; PLANORBARIUS METIDJENSIS; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0029966279     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050109     Document Type: Article

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