Detection of early developmental stages of Myxobolus cerebralis in fish and tubificid oligochaete hosts by in situ hybridization

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 942-944

  Antonio, D B ^a   El Matbouli, M ^b   Hedrick, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; FISH; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ACTINOMYXIDA; ANNELIDA; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOSPOREA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PISCES; SALMONIDAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0032832782     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050662     Document Type: Article

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