Mechanisms underlying digenean-snail specificity: Role of miracidial attachment and host plasma factors

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1012-1019

  Sapp, K K ^a   Loker, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA;

ARTICLE; ECHINOPARYPHIUM; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA PARAENSEI; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIUM DOUTHITTI; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DIGENEA; ECHINOSTOMA PARAENSEI; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA TRIVOLVIS; HELIX ASPERSA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIUM DOUTHITTI; STAGNICOLA ELODES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033792986     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[1012:mudssr]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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