Echinostoma hortense and heterophyid metacercariae encysted in yellowfin goby, Acanthogobius flavimanus, from Shinan-gun and Muan-gun (Jeollanam-do), Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Sohn, Woon Mok ^a   Na, Byoung Kuk ^a   Cho, Shin Hyeong ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Echinostoma hortense; Fishborne trematode metacercariae; Heterophyids; Muan gun; Shinan gun; Yellowfin goby

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOGOBIUS FLAVIMANUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA HORTENSE; FISH; HETEROPHOPSIS CONTINUA; HETEROPHYES NOCENS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STICTODORA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; HUMANS; KOREA; PERCIFORMES; TREMATODA;

ACANTHOGOBIUS FLAVIMANUS; ECHINOSTOMA HORTENSE; GOBIIDAE; HETEROPHYES NOCENS; HETEROPHYIDAE; HETEROPHYOPSIS CONTINUA; PISCES; STICTODORA; TREMATODA;

EID: 70349218744     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.307     Document Type: Article

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