A Possible Role for Rusa Deer (Cervus timorensis russa) and Wild Pigs in Spread of Trypanosoma evansi from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-197

  Reid, S A ^a   Husein, A ^b   Hutchinson, G W ^a   Copeman, D B ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Research Institute for Veterinary Science Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Deer; Epidemiology; Pig; Reservoir hosts; Trypanosoma evansi

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS TIMORENSIS; SUS SCROFA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INDONESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; INDONESIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0033087813     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000200013     Document Type: Article

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