Euparyphium albuferensis and Echinostoma friedi (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae): Experimental cercarial transmission success in sympatric snail communities

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-126

  Muñoz Antoli, Carla ^a   Marin, Antoni ^a   Vidal, Amparo ^a   Toledo, Rafael ^a   Esteban, José Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cercarial transmission success; Compatibility; Echinostoma friedi; Euparyphium albuferensis; Gyraulus chinensis; Lymnaea fuscus; Physella acuta; Radix peregra; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA FRIEDI; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; EUPARYPHIUM ALBUFERENSIS; GASTROPODA; GYRAULUS CHINENSIS; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA FUSCUS; PHYSA ACUTA; RADIX PEREGRA; TREMATODA;

EID: 47349117717     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.016     Document Type: Article

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