Emerging issues and parasite zoonoses in the SE Asian and Australasian region

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Thompson, R C A ^a   Conlan, J V ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cysticercosis; Emerging; Fish borne flukes; Hookworm; Leishmania; SE Asia; Taenia; Toxoplasma; Trypanosoma; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; HOOKWORM; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAENIA; TOXOPLASMA; TREMATODE; TRYPANOSOMA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; TAENIA; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84860388829     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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