The course of a 300 metacercarial infection of Echinostoma caproni (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) mice

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Platt, Thomas R ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

300 metacercarial infection; Digenea; Echinostoma caproni; Echinostomatidae; Host death; ICR mice; Worm recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; MUS;

EID: 60849092901     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4364.1     Document Type: Article

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