Prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in Hokkaido and its control by targeting definitive hosts

IRYO - Japanese Journal of National Medical Services

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-204

  Kamiya, Masao ^a   Sakai, Hirofumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

coproantigen; definitive host; Echinococcus; Echinococcus multilocularis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000586272     PISSN: 00211699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11261/iryo1946.52.201     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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