Renifer aniarum (Digenea: Reniferidae), an introduced North American parasite in grass snakes Natrix natrix in Calabria, southern Italy

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-240

  Santoro, Mario ^a   Tkach, Vasyl V ^b   Mattiucci, Simonetta ^a   Kinsella, John M ^c   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c Helm West Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria region; Grass snake; Introduced species; Molecular identification; Natrix natrix; Renifer aniarum; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; HOME RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUSEUM; NATIVE SPECIES; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; SNAKE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; SNAKES; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

ANIMALIA; LITHOBATES; NATRIX NATRIX; OCHETOSOMA ANIARUM; OPHIOTAENIA EUROPAEA; RANA CATESBEIANA; SERPENTES; VERMES;

EID: 79960211041     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02365     Document Type: Article

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