Seasonal transmission of Fasciola hepatica in cattle and Lymnaea (Fossaria) humilis snails in central Mexico

Parasitology Research

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-286

  Cruz Mendoza, I ^a   Ibarra Velarde, F ^a   Quintero Martinez M T ^a   Naranjo Garcia E ^b   Lecumberri Lopez J ^a   Correa, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COW; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE; LYMNAEA; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SNAIL; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMIDITY; LYMNAEA; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA HUMILIS;

EID: 15044340669     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1287-1     Document Type: Article

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