Isolation of Campylobacter and Salmonella from houseflies (Musca domestica) in a university campus and a poultry farm in Selangor, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Choo, L C ^a   Saleha, A A ^a   Wai, S S ^a   Fauziah, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953855256     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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