Cystic echinococcosis: Epidemiology and control in South America;Echinococcosis quística: Epidemiología y control en América del Sur

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 82-89

  Larrieu, Edmundo ^a   Belloto, Albino ^b   Arambulo III, Primo ^b   Tamayo, Hugo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa (PANAFTOSA)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control; Cystic echinococcosis; Epidemiology; Hydatidosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745505627     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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