The potential significance to human health associated with the establishment of the snail Melanoides tuberculata in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1280, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Derraik, José G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAIL; SPECIES INVASION; TREMATODE; UNCERTAINTY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; SNAILS;

EID: 53449089847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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