Field evidence for leech-borne transmission of amphibian Ichthyophonus sp.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1256-1264

  Raffel, Thomas R ^a   Dillard, James R ^a   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE VECTOR; LEECH; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTIST;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUTROPHICATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FROG; ICHTHYOPHONUS; LEECH; MORTALITY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LEECHES; MALE; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MESOMYCETOZOEA INFECTIONS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HIRUDINIDA; ICHTHYOPHONUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PLACOBDELLA PICTA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 33847006618     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-808R1.1     Document Type: Article

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