Wings of the common house fly (Musca domestica L.): Importance in mechanical transmission of Vibrio cholera

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Yap, K L ^a   Kalpana, M ^a   Lee, H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORELIMB; HOUSE FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT VECTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WING;

EID: 70149122007     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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