The parasitism of Schistosoma mansoni (Digenea-Trematoda) in a naturally infected population of water rats, Nectomys squamipes (Rodentia-Sigmodontinae) in Brazil

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 573-582

  D'Andrea, P S ^a   Maroja, L S ^a,b   Gentile, R ^c   Cerqueira, R ^c   Maldonado Jr , A ^a   Rey, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Nectomys squamipes; Population dynamics; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODIASIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MURIDAE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEASONS; SEWAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER;

ANIMALIA; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SIGMODONTINAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034069621     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005892     Document Type: Article

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