Rates of reinfection with Echinococcus granulosus, Taenia hydatigena, Taenia ovis and other cestodes in a rural dog population in Uruguay

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Cabrera, P A ^a   Parietti, S ^a   Haran, G ^a   Benavidez, U ^a   Lloyd, S ^b   Perera, G ^a   Valledor, S ^a   Gemmell, M A ^a   Botto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dogs; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Taenia hydatigena; Taenia ovis; Transmission dynamics; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REINFECTION; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIASIS; URUGUAY;

CESTODE; CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS; DOG; INFECTIVITY; REINFECTION;

URUGUAY, FLORIDA;

CANIS FAMILIARUS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA OVIS;

EID: 0029668182     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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