Strongyloides stercoralis in common vegetables and herbs in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-193

  Zeehaida, M ^a   Zairi, N Z ^a   Rahmah, N ^b   Maimunah, A ^b   Madihah, B ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; FRUIT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; DNA, HELMINTH; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VEGETABLES; WATER;

EID: 79954441706     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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