Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) in Kenya: A field investigation into host specificity and behavioural alterations

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1367-1373

  Britton, J R ^a   Jackson, M C ^b   Harper, D M ^c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barbus lineomaculatus; Barbus paludinosus; Ligula intestinalis; Parasite prevalence

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BARBUS LINEOMACULATUS; BARBUS PALUDINOSUS; BODY WEIGHT; CATCHMENT; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; EUROPE; FISH; FRESHWATER FISH; HABITAT; HOST RANGE; KENYA; LAKE; LIFE CYCLE; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; LITTORAL; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BARBUS; BARBUS PALUDINOSUS; CESTODA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDAE; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; PISCES;

EID: 70350569818     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200999059X     Document Type: Article

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