Definitive rodent hosts of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus Cantonensis

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 29, 2013, Pages 111-115

  Yong, Hoi Sen ^a   Eamsobhana, Praphathip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Cytogenetics; Molecular phylogeny; Muridae; Rats; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; MAXOMYS; MAXOMYS RAJAH; MAXOMYS SURIFER; MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84888997677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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