Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) as an intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Tre...
Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) as an intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Brazil
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São Paulo: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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São Paulo: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Pleurolophocercous cercariae emerged from naturally infected Melanoides tuberculata from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were used to perform experimental infection of laboratory-reared Poecilia reticulata. Mature metacercariae were obtained from the gills of fishes and force-fed to Mus musculus. The adult parasites which recovered from small intestine...
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Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) as an intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Brazil
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TN_cdi_scielo_journals_S0036_46652010000400008
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_scielo_journals_S0036_46652010000400008
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0036-4665,1678-9946
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0036-4665,1678-9946
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10.1590/S0036-46652010000400008
