Presence and histopathological effects of the Parvatrema sp. (Digenea, Gymnophallidae) in the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius (Bivalvia, Psammobiidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-20

  da Silva, Patricia Mirella ^a   Cremonte, Florencia ^b   Sabry, Rachel Costa ^c   Rosa, Rafael Diego ^a   Cantelli, Liege ^a   Barracco, Margherita Anna ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echinostomatidae; Gymnophallidae; Metacercariae larvae; Parvatrema sp.; Perkinsus sp.; Tagelus plebeius

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BRAZIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

BIVALVIA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; GYMNOPHALLIDAE; PARVATREMA; PERKINSUS SP.; PSAMMOBIIDAE; SOLENIDAE; TAGELUS PLEBEIUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 68449093709     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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