Exposure to Fasciola hepatica miracidia increases the sensitivity of Lymnaea (Fossaria) humilis to high and low pH

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 650-652

  Cruz Mendoza, I ^a   Naranjo Garcia E ^a   Quintero Martinez M T ^a   Ibarra Velarde, F ^a   Correa, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; HOST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; INFECTIVITY; PH; REARING; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HUMIDITY; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA HUMILIS; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYMNAEA;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA HUMILIS;

EID: 33746517363     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3542RN.1     Document Type: Article

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