The effects of temperature, light and water upon the hatching of the ova of Schistosoma japonicum

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 575-580

  Ye, Xiao Ping ^a,c   Fu, Ying Ling ^b   Wu, Zhong Xing ^c   Anderson, Roy M ^a   Agnew, Alison ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Yujiang City Hosp Schistosomiasis   (China)

^c JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIGHT; OVUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0031219395     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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