The intermediate hosts of Dracunculus medinensis in northern region, Ghana

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-409

  Yelifari, L ^a   Frempong, E ^b   Olsen, A ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; GHANA; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

COPEPODA; CRYPTOCYCLOPS; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; MESOCYCLOPS KIEFERI; MESOCYCLOPS OGUNNUS; THERMOCYCLOPS; THERMOCYCLOPS CRASSUS; THERMOCYCLOPS EMINI; THERMOCYCLOPS INCISUS; THERMOCYCLOPS INOPINUS; THERMOCYCLOPS NEGLECTUS;

EID: 0030851515     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813155     Document Type: Article

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