The capacity of the third-stage larvae of Oesophagostomum bifurcum to survive adverse conditions

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-171

  Pit, D S S ^a   Blotkamp, J ^a   Polderman, A M ^a   Baeta, S ^b   Eberhard, M L ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LARVA; MONKEY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SUDAN;

NECATOR AMERICANUS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034113552     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813525     Document Type: Article

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