Pila Ampullacea and Pomacea Canaliculata, as new paratenic hosts of Gnathostoma spinigerum

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-246

  Komalamisra, Chalit ^a   Nuamtanong, Supaporn ^a   Dekumyoy, Paron ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 63149096894     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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