Pomphorhynchus laevis in its intermediate host Echinogammarus stammeri in the River Brenta, Italy

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Dezfuli, B S ^a   Rossetti, E ^a   Bellettato, C M ^a   Maynard, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; ITALY; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0344731428     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x99000153     Document Type: Article

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