Phototactic responses of the cercaria of Echinoparyphium recurvatum during phases of sub-maximal and maximal infectivity

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-65

  McCarthy, A M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; ECHINOPARYPHIUM RECURVATUM; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LYMNAEA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; TREMATODIASIS;

ECHINOPARYPHIUM RECURVATUM; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; LYMNAEA; RADIX PEREGRA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033035521     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x99000086     Document Type: Article

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