Seasonal variation in the intensity of Gnathostoma larvae in swamp eels (Fluta Alba) sold in a local market in Bangkok

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 148-153

  Rojekittikhun, Wichit ^a   Pubampen, Somchit ^a   Waikagul, Jitra ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EEL; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THAILAND; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; EELS; GNATHOSTOMA; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0032014284     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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