Helminth communities and host-parasite relationships in argentine brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Helminthologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 126-129

  Gomez Villafane I E ^a,b   Robles, M R ^b,c   Busch, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Helminths; Heterakis spumosa; Hymenolepis diminuta; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Rattus norvegicus; Syphacia muris

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; HETERAKIS SPUMOSA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SYPHACIA; VERMES;

EID: 55649089834     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-008-0024-1     Document Type: Article

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