Very highly prevalent Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus infection of wild boar Sus scrofa in Khuzestan province, south-western Iran

Helminthologia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-91

  Mowlavi, G R ^a   Massoud, J ^a   Mobedi, I ^a   Solaymani Mohammadi, S ^a   Gharagozlou, M J ^b   Mas Coma, S ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Iran; Khuzestan province; Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus; Pathology; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ATTILA; MACRACANTHORHYNCHUS HIRUDINACEUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33749650549     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-006-0017-x     Document Type: Article

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