Abundance and distribution of Xenopsylla cheopis on small mammals collected in West Java, Indonesia during rodent-borne disease surveys

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 932-936

  Ibrahim, Ima Nurisa ^a   Winoto, Imelda ^b   Wongsrichanalai, Chansuda ^b   Blair, Patrick ^b   Stoops, Craig ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2   (United States)

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EID: 33751576431     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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