Host recognition by trematode miracidia and cercariae

Advances in Trematode Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 197-228

  Haas, Wilfried ^a   Haberl, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781003574118-7     Document Type: Chapter

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