Wound myiasis due to musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) in persian horned viper, pseudocerastes persicus (Squamata: Viperidae)

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-89

  Dehghani, R ^a   Sedaghat, M M ^b   Sabahi Bidgoli, M ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Musca domestica; Muscidae; Myiasis; Pseudocerastes persicus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873845401     PISSN: 23221984     EISSN: 23222271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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