Hookworms (Uncinaria lucasi) and acanthocephalans (Corynosoma spp. and Bolbosoma spp.) found in dead northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on St. Paul Island, Alaska in 2007

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1025-1029

  Ionita, M ^a   Varela, M G ^b   Lyons, E T ^c   Spraker, T R ^d   Tolliver, S C ^c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOOKWORM; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; BOLBOSOMA; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CESTODA; CORYNOSOMA; CORYNOSOMA OBTUSCENS; CORYNOSOMA STRUMOSUM; CORYNOSOMA VALIDUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; UNCINARIA LUCASI;

EID: 51449112156     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1087-0     Document Type: Article

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