Toxocara canis infection in adult healthy population from a subtropical area in Argentina;Infección por Toxocara canis en población adulta sana de un área subtropical de Argentina

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Alonso, José M ^a   López, María De Los A ^a   Bojanich, María V ^a   Marull, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Seroepidemiology; Toxocarosis; Visceral Larva migrans

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749136716     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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