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Endoparasite community of Rattus norvegicus captured in a shantytown of Buenos Aires City, Argentina

Helminthologia
Volume 48 (2011): Issue 3 (September 2011)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0025-3 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 167 - 173
Published on: Sep 8, 2011
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute
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Keywords:
Rattus norvegicus,
endoparasites,
zoonosis,
shantytown,
Buenos Aires
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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