A survey of Gnathostoma larvae in fresh water fish in the valley of the Yangtze river and morphological characteristics of the recovered larvae

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 542-547

  Koga, Masataka ^a   Ishii, Yoichi ^a   Lou, Ying Shan ^a   Higo, Hiroo ^a   Fujino, Takähiro ^a   Huang, Wen Chang ^b   Min, Wei Ping ^b   Xia, Bao Fen ^b   Liu, Jia Ying ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIANGXI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE CARRIER; FISH; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FISHES; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; LARVA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030224501     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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