Blood parasites of shrews from Pennsylvania

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1300-1303

  Laakkonen, J ^a   Haukisalmi, V ^a   Merritt, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; SHREWS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; BARTONELLACEAE; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; PROTOZOA; SOREX CINEREUS; SOREX FUMEUS; SORICIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA SP.;

EID: 0032438316     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284698     Document Type: Article

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