Survey of the gastrointestinal parasites of the primate community at Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-151

  Phillips, Kimberley A ^a,b   Haas, Meghan E ^a   Grafton, Brian W ^c   Yrivarren, Mirtha ^b  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Tambopata Research Center   (Peru)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; New World primates; Parasites; Peru

Indexed keywords

FECES; PARASITE; PRIMATE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MADRE DE DIOS [(DPR) PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ANCYCLOSTOMA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS VOCIFERANS; ARANEAE; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SP.; ATELES; ATELES SP.; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS BRUNNEUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CEBUS APELLA; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; CYRILLA; PRIMATES; PROSTHENORCHIS ELEGANS; PROTOZOA; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCIURIDAE; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 6344262324     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005680     Document Type: Review

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