Surface Ultrastructure of the Advanced Third-stage Larvae of Gnathostoma nipponicum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1245-1248

  Han, E T ^a   Lee, J H ^b   Choi, S Y ^c   Park, J H ^c   Shin, E H ^c   Chai, J Y ^c  

^a Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVA; NEMATODE; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAKE; SOUTH KOREA; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; GNATHOSTOMA; KOREA; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

GNATHOSTOMA; NEMATODA; PHASMATODEA; RHABDOPHIS; SERPENTES; THELAZIA;

EID: 0345737006     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3232RN     Document Type: Article

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