Echinostome metacercariae cyst elimination in rana clamitans (Green Frog) tadpoles is age-dependent

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-285

  Holland, Manja P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLATWORM; FROG; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MORTALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; METACERCARIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RANA CLAMITANS; TADPOLE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECHINOSTOMA; EDEMA; FROG; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ECHINOSTOMA REVOLUTUM; RANA CLAMITANS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; EDEMA; KIDNEY; LARVA; LOGISTIC MODELS; RANIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651115786     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1782.1     Document Type: Article

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