Host-specificity of monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites: A role for anterior adhesive areas?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-320

  Whittington, Ian D ^a   Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Hamwood, Tamarind E ^a   Halliday, Judy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Adhesive proteins; Attachment; Fish epidermis; Habitat selection; Host fish mucus; Host specificity; Monogenea; Platyhelminthes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

HOST SPECIFICITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDERMIS; FISH; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PLATYHELMINTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; FUNGI; GYRODACTYLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MONOGENEA; MONOPISTHOCOTYLEA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0034162606     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00006-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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