Hitch-hiking parasite: A dark horse may be the real rider

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1417-1420

  Mouritsen, Kim N ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cercarial behaviour; Maritrema subdolum; Microphallid trematodes; Microphallidae sp. no. 15; Transmission strategy

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MARITREMA SUBDOLUM; MICROORGANISM; MICROPHALLIDAE; MICROPHALLUS PAPILLOROBUSTUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034786093     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00247-8     Document Type: Article

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