Trichinella nelsoni in carnivores from the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1195-1198

  Pozio, E ^a   De Meneghi, D ^b,c   Roelke Parker, M E ^d   La Rosa, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Lake Rukwa Basin Conserv Devmt P   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Serengeti Wildl Research Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; FOXES; HUMANS; MASSETER MUSCLE; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

TANZANIA, SERENGETI;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OTOCYON MEGALOTIS; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; TRICHINELLA NELSONI;

EID: 0031454176     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284388     Document Type: Article

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