Studies on animal schistosomes in Peninsular Malaysia: Record of naturally infected animals and additional hosts of Schistosoma spindale

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Inder Singh, K ^a   Krishnasamy, M ^a   Ambu, Stephen ^a   Rasul, Rosli ^a   Long, Chong Ngo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; RATS; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 0031151482     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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