The suitability of Trochoidea seetzenii of different ages as snail intermediate hosts of Muellerius cf. capillaris (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1317-1319

  Solomon, Aharon ^a   Paperna, Ilan ^a   Alkon, Philip U ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

larval development; lung worm transmission; Muellerius cf. capillaris; Trochoidea seetzenii

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISRAEL; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MUELLERIUS CAPILLARIS; NEMATODA; PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TROCHOIDEA SEETZENII;

EID: 0030295368     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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