A faunistic survey of cercariae isolated from lymnaeid snails in central areas of Mazandaran, Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Sharif, M ^a   Daryani, A ^a   Karimi, S A ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cercaria; Funtistic survey; Iran; Lymnaeid snails

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRAN; LARVA; LYMNAEA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IRAN; LARVA; LYMNAEA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); CLINOSTOMIDAE; DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEIDAE; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 77649328668     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.158.163     Document Type: Article

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