Schistosoma intercalatum: An endangered species in Cameroon?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Tchuem Tchuenté, Louis Albert ^a,b   Southgate, Vaughan R ^c   Jourdane, Joseph ^d   Webster, Bonnie L ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Center for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology   (Cameroon)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GABON; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNITY; MATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0042830433     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(03)00193-4     Document Type: Article

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