Echinococcus multilocularis in Slovak Republic: The first record in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Helminthologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Dubinsky P ^a   Svobodova V ^b   Turcekova L ^a   Literak I ^b   Martinek K ^c   Reiterova K ^a   Kolarova L ^c   Klimes J ^b   Mrlik V ^d  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Copraantigen; Echinococcus multilocularis; PCR; Red foxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033411745     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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