A simple computer-assisted method to identify schistosome cercariae

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Chau, N P ^a   Combes, C ^b   Touassem, R ^b   Taki, M ^a   Richard, J ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030069356     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.27     Document Type: Article

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