Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in The Netherlands

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Van Der Giessen, J W B ^a   Rombout, Y B ^a   Franchimont, J H ^a   Limper, L P ^a   Homan, W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Epidemiology; Fox; Nematoda; PCR; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033063345     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00263-5     Document Type: Article

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