Permissiveness of two African wild rodents, Mastomys huberti and Arvicanthis niloticus, to Schistosoma intercalatum: Epidemiological consequences

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 569-573

  Imbert Establet, D ^a   Mone H ^a   Tchuem Tchuente L A ^b   Jourdane, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FECES; HOST; MATURITY; MIRACIDIUM; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MURIDAE; OVUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX RATIO; SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; GASTROPODA; MASTOMYS HUBERTI; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM;

EID: 0030948671     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050299     Document Type: Article

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