North American liver fluke (Metorchis conjunctus) in a Canadian Aboriginal population: A submerging human pathogen?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 258-259

  Behr, Marcel A ^a,c,d   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^b,c   Kokoskin, Evelyne ^b   Ward, Brian J ^b   Dick MacLean, J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAR; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; TREMATODE;

EID: 0031660116     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403931     Document Type: Article

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