The infectivity, growth, and virulence of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its first intermediate host, the copepod Macrocyclops albidus

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-324

  Wedekind, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cestode; Copepod; Growth; Infectivity; Life history; Schistocephalus solidus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; COPEPOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CESTODA; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; LARVA; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

CESTODA; COPEPODA; MACROCYCLOPS ALBIDUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 0030845203     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001406     Document Type: Article

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