Effects of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium infections on calcium content in their intermediate hosts

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 963-966

  Mostafa, Osama Mohammad Sayed ^a,b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA; BULINUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; CALCIUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 34547742667     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0566-z     Document Type: Article

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