The ecology of the Bithynia first intermediate hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Petney, Trevor ^a   Sithithaworn, Paiboon ^b   Andrews, Ross ^b   Kiatsopit, Nadda ^b   Tesana, Smarn ^b   Grundy Warr, Carl ^c   Ziegler, Alan ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bithynia funiculata; Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos; Cercarial prevalence; Epidemiology; Habitat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SNAILS; THAILAND;

BITHYNIA; CYPRINIDAE; GASTROPODA; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI;

EID: 82655172422     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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