Echinostoma friedi: The effect of age of adult worms on the infectivity of miracidia

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-93

  Toledo, R ^a   Espert, A ^a   Carpena, I ^a   Trelis, M ^a   Munoz Antoli C ^a   Esteban, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA FRIEDI; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HAMSTER; HATCHING; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LYMNAEA; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; EGGS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LYMNAEA; MESOCRICETUS;

CRICETINAE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA FRIEDI; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; LYMNAEA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; RADIX PEREGRA; TREMATODA;

EID: 1642417381     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2003221     Document Type: Article

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