Identification of trematode cercariae carrying Neorickettsia risticii in freshwater stream snails

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 239-247

  Park, Bae Keun ^a   Kim, Meen Ju ^a   Kim, Eun Ha ^b   Kim, Min Seok ^b   Na, Dong Gyun ^b   Chae, Joon Seok ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect; Aquatic snail; Cercaria; Ehrlichia risticii; Metacercariae

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCOPIDAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CALOPTERYL JAPONICA; CERCARIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHINOSTOMA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INSECT; ISCHNURA ASIATICA; MICROPHALLIDAE; NONHUMAN; RADIX AURICULARIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SCHISTOSOMA; SEMISULCOSPIRA GOTTSCHEI; SEMISULCOSPIRA LIBERTINA; SNAIL; SYMPETRUM DARWINIANUM; SYMPTRUM EROTICUM; SYMPTRUM PARVULUM; TREMATODE;

AURICULARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOPTERYX JAPONICA; COENAGRIONIDAE; ECHINOSTOMA HORTENSE; EHRLICHIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; GASTROPODA; HETEROPHYIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISCHNURA ASIATICA; JAPONICA; METAGONIMUS; MICROPHALLIDAE; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; RADIX AURICULARIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SEMISULCOSPIRA; SEMISULCOSPIRA LIBERTINA; SYMPETRUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0038052664     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07371.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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