Failure to detect angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats in Barbados [3]

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-

  Levett, P N ^a   Douglas, K A ^a   Waugh, C A ^a   Robinson, R D ^a   Lindo, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BARBADOS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DISSECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; LETTER; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RODENT CONTROL; ZOONOSIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BARBADOS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; RATS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 1842738319     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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