Controlling fasciolosis in the Bolivian Altiplano

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 238-239

  Parkinson, Michael ^a   O'Neill, Sandra M ^a   Dalton, John P ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLORSULON; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

BOLIVIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HABITAT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; LIFE CYCLE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SNAIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BOLIVIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 34248666078     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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