Temporal variations in the infection of a population of Cerithidea cingulata by larval trematodes in Kuwait Bay

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Al Kandari, W Y ^a   Abdul Salam, J ^a   Meakins, R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CERITHIDEA CINGULATA; CYATHOCOTYLIDAE; ECHINOSTOMA; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; HAPLOSPLANCHNIDAE; KUWAIT; LARVA; MALE; MICROPHALLIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHILOPHTHALMIDAE; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERINFECTION; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

CERITHIDEA; CERITHIDEA CINGULATA; CINGULATA; CYATHOCOTYLIDAE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; GASTROPODA; HAPLOSPLANCHNIDAE; HETEROPHYIDAE; MICROPHALLIDAE; PHILOPHTHALMIDAE; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; POTAMIDIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034075136     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00000032     Document Type: Article

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