Intestinal parasites found in the research group of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: Preliminary results

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 346-349

  Rothman, Jessica M ^a   Bowman, Dwight D ^a   Eberhard, Mark L ^b   Pell, Alice N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fecal material; Intestinal parasites; Mountain gorillas; Probstymaria sp. larvae; Strongylid eggs; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GORILLA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; STRONGYLOIDEA; UGANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0036416846     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04402.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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