Potential use of the digenean parasite, Plagiorchis elegans, as a biological control agent of Biomphalaria glabrata (Pulmonata:Planorbidae) and Schistosoma mansoni (Digenea:Schistosomatidae)
The impact of a primary infection with the incompatible digenean Plagiorchis elegans to groups composed of young, juvenile and adult Biomphalaria glabrata and a challenge infection with the compatible parasite Schistosoma mansoni was examined. Egg production of young B. glabrata was significantly re...
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McGill University
2008
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111561 |