Chimpanzee pinworm, Enterobius anthropopitheci (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), maintained for more than twenty years in captive chimpanzees in Japan

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 850-853

  Hasegawa, Hideo ^a   Udono, Toshifumi ^a,b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; PYRVINIUM EMBONATE;

CAPTIVITY; DOMINANCE; HOMINID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEMATODE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; ENTEROBIUS ANTHROPOPITHECI; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JAPAN; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; APE DISEASES; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ENTEROBIUS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; NEMATODA; OXYURIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 34848878347     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1039R.1     Document Type: Article

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