Parasitism by the protozoan perkinsus atlanticus favours the development of opportunistic infections

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Montes, J F ^a   Durfort, M ^a   Garcia Valero J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterium; Cytopathology; Opportunistic infection; Perkinsus atlanticus; Polyomavirus; Tapes semidecussatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITISM; SPAIN;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; SHELLFISH;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST; SPAIN;

ATLANTICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PERKINSUS ATLANTICUS; POLYOMAVIRUS; PROTOZOA; TAPES SEMIDECUSSATUS;

EID: 0035934081     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao046057     Document Type: Article

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