Laboratory studies on the prevalence and cercarial rhythms of trematodes from Bulinus truncatus and Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails from Khartoum State, Sudan

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-69

  Ahmed, Abdel Aziz M ^a   Ibrahim, Nidal A ^a   Idris, Mohamed A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Amphistome; Avian; Biomphalaria; Bulinus; Cercarial rhythms; Prevalence; Schistosomes; Xiphidiocercariae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016335618     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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