Morphology and aspects of growth of a trypanosome transmitted by the marine leech Johanssonia arctica (Piscicolidae) from Northern Norway

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-215

  Karlsbakk, Egil ^a   Haugen, Eli ^a   Nylund, Are ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hippoglossus; Johanssonia arctica; Marine; Norway; Trypanosoma murmanensis

Indexed keywords

CALLIOBDELLA NODULIFERA; CHACEON AFFINIS; GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSUS; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; HIRUDINIDA; JOHANSSONIA ARCTICA; LIMULUS; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS; PISCICOLIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 26244449703     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.028     Document Type: Article

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