Echinostomes as Experimental Models for Biological Research

by Bernard Fried

Echinostomes are ubiquitous intestinal flatworm parasites of vertebrates and are of importance in human and veterinary medicine and wildlife diseases. Echinostomes can be maintained easily and inexpensively in the laboratory and provide good models for biological research ranging from the molecular to the organismal. Considerable but scattered literature has been published on the subject of echinostomes and a synthesis of this wide range of topics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048153921
• ISBN13: 9789048153923
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"