Cockroaches as reservoirs and vectors of drug resistant Salmonella spp.

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 724-727

  Fathpour, Hossein ^a   Emtiazi, Giti ^a   Ghasemi, Elham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Drug resistant; Salmonella; Vector

Indexed keywords

DRUG RESISTANCE;

ARENIVAGA; BLATTA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; BLATTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PARCOBLATTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; POLYPHAGA AEGYPTIACA; SALMONELLA; SUPELLA LONGIPALPA;

EID: 0042787586     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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