Altered nutrition and assimilation of the snail host (Biomphalaria glabrata) as a consequence of the parasitic spatial constraint (Schistosoma mansoni)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-55

  Gérard, Claudia ^a   Théron, André ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Biomphalaria glabrata; Nutrition; Schistosoma mansoni; Spatial constraint

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SHORT SURVEY; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0342501778     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00140-A     Document Type: Article

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