Altered behavior of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata as a result of infection with Schistosoma mansoni

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-433

  Boissier, Jérôme ^a   Rivera, Ezequiel R ^a,b   Moné, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SNAIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DIGENEA; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0038007037     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0429:ABOTSB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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