Comparative studies on susceptibilities of two different Japanese isolates of Oncomelania nosophora to three strains of Schistosoma japonicum originating from Japan, China, and the Philippines

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 531-537

  Kirinoki, M ^a   Hu, M ^a,b   Yokoi, H ^a   Kawai, S ^a   Terrado, R ^c   Ilagan, E ^c   Chigusa, Y ^a   Sasaki, Y ^a,d   Matsuda, H ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hubei Institute of Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

^c Schistosomiasis Control Team   (Philippines)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographical strains; Infectivity; Oncomelania nosophora; Re emerging; Schistosoma japonicum; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JAPAN; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; ONCOMELANIA NOSOPHORA; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; JAPAN; LARVA; PHILIPPINES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SNAILS;

GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA; POMATIOPSIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 18844425549     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006924     Document Type: Article

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