Ultrastructure of the Miracidium of Echinostoma paraensei Lie and Basch, 1967 (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-372

  Pinheiro, Jairo ^a,b   Maldonado Jr , Arnaldo ^c   Attias, M ^b   Lanfredi, Reinalda Marisa ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echinostoma paraensei; Miracidium; Ultrastructrure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA PARAENSEI; EPIDERMIS CELL; LARVAL STAGE; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ECHINOSTOMA; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA PARAENSEI; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 27644437675     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1458-8     Document Type: Article

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