Prevalence of trypanosome infections in the marine leech Johanssonia arctica off eastern Newfoundland

A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of trypanosomal stages, indistinguishable from Trypanosoma murmanensis, in the marine leech Johanssonia arctica off eastern Newfoundland, Canada, from 1972 to 1990. Prevalence of the infection was highest between May and October, with a peak in July,...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Khan, R. A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-170
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z91-170