Differential infectivity of Transversotrema patialense for naive fish

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 949-950

  Ben Ami, Frida ^a   Gold, Daniel ^b   Fried, Bernard ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITISM;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FISH; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TILAPIA; TILAPIA ZILII; TRANSVERSOTREMA PATIALENSE; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; PREVALENCE; SNAILS; TILAPIA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; TILAPIA ZILLII; TRANSVERSOTREMA;

EID: 24944584612     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-452R.1     Document Type: Article

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