Proposal of a Geographic Information System for modeling zoonotic fasciolosis transmission in the Andes

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 51-55

  Fuentes, Màrius V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andes; Fasciola hepatica; Fasciolosis transmission; Geographic information system; Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844474383     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-77122004000100010     Document Type: Article

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