Comparison between Musca domestica and Chrysomya megacephala as carriers of bacteria in northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-44

  Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a   Bunchoo, Manasanant ^a   Khantawa, Banyong ^a   Piangjai, Somsak ^a   Rongsriyam, Yupha ^b   Sukontason, Kom ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 33947573881     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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