Thermal death point of Baylisascaris procyonis eggs [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 172-173

  Shafir, Shira C ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Sorvillo, Frank J ^a,b   Wise, Matthew E ^a   Moore, Laurel ^a   Sorvillo, Teresa ^a   Eberhard, Mark L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; METHYLENE BLUE; PROPYLENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASCARIS SUUM; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RACCOON; WORM EGG;

EID: 33846078784     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060966     Document Type: Letter

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