Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-398

  Behnke, J M ^a   Harris, P D ^a   Bajer, A ^b   Barnard, C J ^a   Sherif, N ^c   Cliffe, L ^a   Hurst, J ^a   Lamb, M ^a   Rhodes, A ^a   James, M ^a   Clifford, S ^a   Gilbert, F S ^a   Zalat, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Acomys dimidiatus; Cestodes; Component community; Helminth diversity; Helminths; Nematodes; Site specific variation; Spiny mouse

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACOMYS DIMIDIATUS; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CESTODE; COMMUNITY; DENTOSTOMELLA KUNTZI; EGYPT; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HOST; JOYEUXIELLA ROSSICUM; LARVA; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOSPIRURA MURICOLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYPHACIA MINUTA; WORM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICE; MURIDAE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RODENT DISEASES;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACOMYS; ACOMYS DIMIDIATUS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CESTODA; DENTOSTOMELLA; MUS SAXICOLA; NEMATODA; OXYUROIDEA; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 4644231653     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200400558X     Document Type: Article

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