Intraspecific variation of Echinococcus granulosus and related species with emphasis on their infectivity to humans

Acta Tropica

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-34

  Eckert, J ^a   Thompson, R C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus; Epidemiology; Infectivity to humans; Strains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS TAURUS; CAMELIDAE; CERVIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS OLIGARTHRUS; ECHINOCOCCUS VOGELI; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030939202     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00635-3     Document Type: Article

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