The medical importance of cockroaches

被引:41
作者
Baumholtz, MA
Parish, LC
Witkowski, JA
Nutting, WB
机构
[1] THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIV,JEFFERSON MED COLL,DEPT DERMATOL & CUTANEOUS BIOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19107
[2] UNIV PENN,SCH MED,DEPT DERMATOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[3] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,DEPT BIOL,AMHERST,MA 01003
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10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00077.x
中图分类号
R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
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100206 ;
摘要
Cockroaches have great significance for the dermatologic community, if only because of the many reports and claims implicating the cockroach as a vector for human disease. This review discusses aspects fundamental to cockroach biology and summarizes some of the basic and clinical scientific works which contribute to the claims about roaches.
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页数:7
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