Ecology of the gastrointestinal parasites of Colobus vellerosus at Boabeng-Fiema, Ghana: Possible anthropozoonotic transmission

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 498-507

  Teichroeb, Julie A ^a   Kutz, Susan J ^a   Parkar, Unaiza ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^b   Sicotte, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropozoonosis; Black and white colobus monkeys; Parasite

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BLASTOCYSTIS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOST; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; STRONGYLE INFECTION; SYNECOLOGY; TREMATODE; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SP.; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS SP.; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA BELLI; NEMATODA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 70350003696     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21098     Document Type: Article

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