Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection among animals in fifty villages of Samar Province, the Philippines

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-155

  Fernandez Jr , T J ^a   Tarafder, M R ^a   Balolong Jr , E ^a   Joseph, L ^a   Willingham III, A L ^a   Belisle P ^a   Webster, J P ^a   Olveda, R M ^a   McGarvey, S T ^a   Carabin, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Cross sectional survey; Dogs; Philippines; Pigs; Rats; Schistosoma japonicum; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FARMING SYSTEM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BAYES THEOREM; BUFFALOES; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; FECES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RATS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RATTUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547628554     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0565     Document Type: Article

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