First phenotypic description of Fasciola hepatica/Fasciola gigantica intermediate forms from the human endemic area of the Nile Delta, Egypt

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Periago, M V ^a   Valero, M A ^a   El Sayed, M ^b   Ashrafi, K ^c   El Wakeel, A ^b   Mohamed, M Y ^b   Desquesnes, M ^d   Curtale, F ^e   Mas Coma, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur l'Elevage en Zone Subhumide CIRDES   (Burkina Faso)

^e Agenzia di Sanita Pubblica della Regione Lazio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult stage; Egypt; Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Human endemic area; Intermediate forms; Phenotypic characterization

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRAN; LIVESTOCK; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLA SP.; FASCIOLIDAE;

EID: 36849070888     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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