Infection and Mortality Patterns in Strains of Oysters Crassostrea virginica Selected for Resistance to the Parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX)
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 73 (2), 368-376
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3282092
Abstract
Strains of oysters Crassostrea virginica resistant to mortality caused by the parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) were developed and tested through 6 generati...This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- Macrophagelike Hemocytes of Resistant Biomphalaria glabrata Are Cytotoxic for Sporocysts of Schistosoma mansoni In vitroJournal of Parasitology, 1980
- A Newly Revised Classification of the Protozoa*The Journal of Protozoology, 1980
- Host reactions in Biomphalaria glabrata to Schistosoma mansoni miracidia, involving variations in parasite strains, numbers and sequence of exposuresInternational Journal for Parasitology, 1979
- Susceptibility of Bahian Populations of Biomphalaria Glabrata to an Allopatric Strain of Schistosoma Mansoni *The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1978
- Experimentally induced elevation of aminopeptidase activity in hemolymph cells of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginicaJournal of Invertebrate Pathology, 1976
- Oyster-MSX interactions: Alterations in hemolymph enzyme activities in Crassostrea virginica during the course of Minchinia nelsoni disease developmentJournal of Invertebrate Pathology, 1976
- Oyster Mortality Studies in Virginia. VI. History and Distribution of Minchinia nelsoni, a Pathogen of Oysters, in VirginiaChesapeake Science, 1967
- Minchinia nelsoni n. sp. (Haplosporida, Haplosporidiidae): Causative Agent of the Delaware Bay Oyster EpizoöticScience, 1966
- The inheritance of susceptibility to infection with Schistosoma mansoni in Australorbis glabratusExperimental Parasitology, 1953
- The Comparative Tissue Reaction of Two Strains of Australorbis glabratus to Infection with Schistosoma mansoniJournal of Parasitology, 1952