Baylisascaris procyonis in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Eastern Tennessee

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1231-1234

  Souza, Marcy J ^a   Ramsay, Edward C ^a   Patton, Sharon ^a   New, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARID INFECTION; ASCARIDOIDEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RACCOON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RACCOONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 75349097356     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1231     Document Type: Article

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