DNA-confirmed Taenia solium cysticercosis in black bears (Ursus americanus) from California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 456-458

  Theis, J H ^a   Cleary, Michael ^a   Syvanen, Michael ^a   Gilson, Arlette ^a   Swift, Pamela ^b   Banks, Jim ^b   Johnson, Eileen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CYSTICERCOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TAENIA SOLIUM; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0029859336     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.456     Document Type: Article

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