Levels of infection with the lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis in terrestrial snails from Thailand, with Cryptozona siamensis as a new intermediate host

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 737-741

  Vitta, A ^a   Polsut, W ^a   Fukruksa, C ^a   Yimthin, T ^a   Thanwisai, A ^a   Dekumyoy, P ^b  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FRESH WATER;

ACHATINA; ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOZONA SIAMENSIS; DIGESTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POMACEA CANICULATA; PREVALENCE; SNAIL; THAILAND; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAILS; THAILAND;

EID: 84954522635     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X15001042     Document Type: Article

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