Plagiorchis elegans (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) infections in Stagnicola elodes (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae): Host susceptibility, growth, reproduction, mortality, and cercarial production

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 454-463

  Zakikhani, Mahvash ^a   Rau, Manfred E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INFECTIVITY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; GROWTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLAGIORCHIS ELEGANS; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MESOCRICETUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SNAILS; TIME FACTORS; TREMATODA;

ANIMALIA; ELODES; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEIDAE; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; PLAGIORCHIS ELEGANS; PULMONATA; STAGNICOLA ELODES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033003614     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285778     Document Type: Article

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