Ultrastructure of infective larvae (L3) of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Filarioidea) developed in Simulium yahense in Liberia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 344-362

  Endo, B Y ^a,b   Trpis, M ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIBERIA; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LIBERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0031007209     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284394     Document Type: Article

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