How does lung fluke travel from snail to crab to human?

By Neetha Iyer and Alan Shabel
Backed by L T Pagarani, Sophie Shabel, Karthik, Krishnan Iyer, Shankar Iyer, Geetha Iyer, BJ SHABEL, Cindy Wu, Erika So, Janet Hsiao, and 9 other backers
UC Berkeley
Danville, California
BiologyEcology
DOI: 10.18258/1462
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Caddisfly larvae taken from potamonautid crabs at Plovers...
March 19, 2014
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South African marsupial leech taken from potamonautid...
March 19, 2014
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How to extract a snail from its shell:
March 19, 2014
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An achatinid snail buried in the ground. These creatures...
January 26, 2014
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One of the worms found in the achatinid snails collected...
January 26, 2014
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Research recognized by UC Berkeley's College of Natural...
December 24, 2013
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The life cycle of the lung fluke that causes paragonimiasis
December 24, 2013
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The transmission of paragonimiasis between snails, crabs,...
November 21, 2013
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One of the Potamonautid crab species we will find in a...
November 20, 2013
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