The distribution of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica within southern Tanzania - Constraints associated with the intermediate host

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-503

  Walker, S M ^a   Makundi, A E ^b   Namuba, F V ^b   Kassuku, A A ^c   Keyyu, J ^d   Hoey, E M ^a   Prodohl P ^a   Stothard, J R ^e   Trudgett, A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Liver fluke; Lymnaea; Snail host

Indexed keywords

RNA 28S;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; KENYA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; LYMNAEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANZANIA;

BOS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIDAE; FOSSARIA TRUNCATULA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS; LYMNAEIDAE;

EID: 43249119908     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007004076     Document Type: Article

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