The seroprevalence of cystic hydatidosis in Oman

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-263

  Idris, M A ^a   Ruppel, A ^b   Gehrig Feistel, H ^b   Alansari, A S ^a   Al Rejaibi, A K ^a   Tageldin, M H ^c   El Sinary, K ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAMEL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; OMAN; SEROPREVALENCE;

CAMELIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 0032767155     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813421     Document Type: Article

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