Swimming behaviour of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae: Responses to irradiance changes and skin attractants

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-690

  Brachs, Sebastian ^a   Haas, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CERCARIA (TREMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; DARKNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SKIN; SWIMMING;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 39749095148     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0812-4     Document Type: Article

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