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Increased ventilation by fish leads to a higher risk of parasitism
BACKGROUND: Fish are common intermediate hosts of trematode cercariae and their gills can potentially serve as important sites of penetration by these larval stages. We experimentally tested the hypothesis that volume of ventilation flow across the gills contributes to acquisition of these parasites...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24954703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-281 |