Soil contamination by toxocara spp. eggs in a university in Mexico city;Contaminação do solo por ovos de toxocara spp. em uma universidade na cidade do México

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-300

  Trejo, Carlos Antelmo Celis ^a   Núñez, Camilo Romero ^b   del Carmen García Contreras, Adelfa ^a   Barrera, Germán Eduardo Mendoza ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eggs; Environmental contamination; Toxocara; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867511942     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612012000300022     Document Type: Article

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