Raccoon Roundworm Eggs near Homes and Risk for Larva Migrans Disease, California Communities

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1516-1522

  Roussere, Gabriel P ^a   Murray, William J ^a   Raudenbush, Caroline B ^a   Kutilek, Michael J ^a   Levee, Darcy J ^a   Kazacos, Kevin R ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LARVA MIGRANS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RACCOON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345169035     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0912.030039     Document Type: Article

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