Mechanical carrier of bacterial enteric pathogens by Chrysomya megacephala (diptera: calliphoridae) in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 157-161

  Sukontason, Kabkaew ^a   Bunchoo, Manasanant ^b   Khantawa, Banyong ^b   Piangjai, Somsak ^a   Sukontason, Kom ^a   Methanitikorn, Rungkarn ^a   Rongsriyam, Yupha ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; THAILAND;

EID: 0043190649     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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