Epidemiological study on Centrocestus armatus metacercariae in the Chikusa River, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-11

  Kimura, Daisuke ^a   Uga, Shoji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrocestus armatus; Chikusa River; epidemiological study; freshwater fish; Japan; metacercariae

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249022893     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.33.7     Document Type: Article

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