A one-health integrated approach to control fascioliasis in the Cajamarca valley of Peru

Geospatial Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Gonzalez, Sergio ^b   Guerrero, Jorge ^c   Aguilera, Luisa Carol ^b   Musella, Vincenzo ^d   Genchi, Claudio ^e   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Fondo de Crédito Para el Desarollo Agroforestal FONCREAGRO   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cajamarca; Fasciola hepatica; FLOTAC; Geographical information systems; One health; Peru

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867091868     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.124     Document Type: Article

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