Dracunculiasis in a South Indian bonnet monkey

Primates

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-92

  Sankar, Venkatachalam ^a   Prakash, Seppan ^a   Muthusamy, Rathinasamy ^a   Kamakshi, Krishnaswami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bonnet monkey; Dracunculiasis; Guinea worm diseas; Macaca radiata; Parasites

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; PRIMATE;

INDIA;

MACACA RADIATA;

EID: 0034067103     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557464     Document Type: Article

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