Austropeplea ollula (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae): A new molluscan intermediate host of a human intestinal fluke, Echinostoma cinetorchis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Korea
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Parasitology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0023-4001
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.247