Sharing schistosomes: the elephant schistosome Bivitellobilharzia nairi also infects the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-40

  Devkota, R ^a   Brant, S V ^a   Thapa, A ^b   Loker, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; HELMINTH DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIVITELLOBILHARZIA NAIRI; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG PARASITOID; ELEPHANT; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HOST; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MAMMAL; MONOPHYLY; NATIONAL PARK; NEPAL; NEPALESE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKAN; WILD ANIMAL;

RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; SCHISTOSOMA;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELEPHANTS; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPAL; PERISSODACTYLA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84894561475     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X12000697     Document Type: Article

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