Impairment of the chemical defence of the beetle, Tenebrio molitor, by metacestodes (cysticercoids) of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-110

  Blankespoor, C L ^a   Pappas, P W ^b   Eisner, T ^c  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Hymenolepis diminuta; Parasite host interaction; Parasite transmission; Predation; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; CRESOLS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOLEPIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0030851231     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097008901     Document Type: Article

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