Toxocara spp. eggs in public parks of Urmia city, West Azerbaijan Province Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Tavassoli, M ^a   Hadian, M ^a   Charesaz, S ^b   Javadi, S ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Iran; Toxocara; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956137586     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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