Hamadryas baboons Papio hamadryas as maintenance hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in Saudi Arabia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-455

  Zahed, N Z ^a   Ghandour, A M ^a   Banaja, A A ^a   Banerjee, R K ^a   Dehlawi, M S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Baboons; P. hamadryas; Prevalence; S. mansoni infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

GASTROPODA; HAMADRYAS; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0029788431     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-100.x     Document Type: Article

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