Mechanical transmission of human protozoan parasites by insects

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Knight, Ronald ^a   Tamang, Leena ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BREEDING; COCKROACH; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COCKROACHES; DIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 12844278001     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.18.1.128-132.2005     Document Type: Review

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