High prevalence of Haplorchis taichui metacercariae in cyprinoid fish from Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 451-455

  Kumchoo, Kanda ^a   Wongsawad, Chalobol ^a   Chai, Jong Yil ^b   Vanittanakom, Pramote ^c   Rojanapaibul, Amnat ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROCESTUS CANINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HAPLORCHIS PUMILIO; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HAPLORCHOIDES; HEAD; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SEA FOOD; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

EID: 20444439161     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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