Molecular characterisation of Galba truncatula, main vector of fascioliasis, in Argentina. Implications for public health;Caracterización molecular de Galba truncatula, vector principal de la Fascioliasis, en Argentina. Implicaciones en salud pública

Enfermedades Emergentes

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-82

  Bargues, María Dolores ^a   Mera Y Sierra, Roberto L ^a,b   Gómez, Humberto Gustavo ^a   Artigas, Patricio ^a   Mas Coma, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Galba truncatula; Human and animal fascioliasis; Lymnaeid vectors; Mendoza Argentina; Public health; Transmission epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLIASIS; GASTROPOD; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34547654506     PISSN: 15754723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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