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Toxocariasis in urban environment of western Slovakia

Helminthologia
Volume 50 (2013): Issue 4 (December 2013)
By: F. Ondriska,  K. Mačuhová,  J. Melicherová,  K. Reiterová,  D. Valentová,  V. Beladičová and  J. Halgoš  
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|Feb 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-013-0139-x | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
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Published on: Feb 20, 2014
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Keywords:
Toxocara canis,
Toxocara cati,
toxocariasis,
sandpits,
prevalence
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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