Tissue-dwelling philometrid nematodes of the fish Arapaima gigas in Brazil

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-301

  Santos, C Portes ^a   Moravec, F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARAPAIMA GIGA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FISH; HEAD; HOST; LIMB; MALE; MOUTH; NEMATODE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RIVER; RUMAI RUMAI; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PHILOMETRIDAE;

EID: 64649088296     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09224163     Document Type: Article

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