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First report of Trichinella spiralis from the white-eared (Didelphis albiventris) and the thick-tailed opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata) in central Argentina Cover

First report of Trichinella spiralis from the white-eared (Didelphis albiventris) and the thick-tailed opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata) in central Argentina

Helminthologia
Volume 51 (2014): Issue 3 (September 2014)
By: R. Castaño Zubieta,  M. Ruiz,  G. Morici,  R. Lovera,  M. Fernández,  J. Caracostantogolo and  R. Cavia  
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|Sep 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0229-4 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 198 - 202
Published on: Sep 17, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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Keywords:
Trichinella spiralis,
opossum,
Didelphis albiventris,
Lutreolina crassicaudata,
Argentina
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
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Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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