Alveolar echinococcosis in humans: The current situation in central Europe and the need for countermeasures

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 315-319

  Eckert, Johannes ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CAT; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EUROPE; FOX; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIVER; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FELIS CATUS; VULPES;

EID: 0033178589     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01476-3     Document Type: Review

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