Pentastomes (Pentastomida, Armillifer armillatus Wyman, 1848) in snakes for Zambia

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-574

  De Meneghi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Armillifer armillatus; Pentastomids; Snakes; Zambia; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SNAKE; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SNAKES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0033291137     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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