Parasitological analyses of the male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-179

  Muehlenbein, Michael P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Ecological parasitology; Intestinal parasites; Parasite richness

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA CHATTONI; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES; TROGLODYTELLA; TROGLODYTES; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES; UGANDA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; STRONGYLOIDES; UGANDA;

EID: 14944375172     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20106     Document Type: Article

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