Venereal worms: Sexually transmitted nematodes in the decorated cricket

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 471-477

  Luong, Lien T ^a   Platzer, Edward G ^a   Zuk, Marlene ^a   Giblin Davis, Robin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRASSHOPPER; INFECTION; INTESTINE; MEHDINEMA ALII; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ARACHNIDA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; HEXAPODA; MEHDINEMA; MEHDINEMA ALII; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033917202     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0471:VWSTNI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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