High prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and voles (Arvicola terrestris) in the city of Zurich, Switzerland

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-142

  Hofer, S ^a   Gloor, S ^a,b   Muller U ^c   Mathis, A ^a   Hegglin, D ^a,b   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Wk Grp Urban Ecol and Wildl Res   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arvicola terrestris; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Urban; Vulpes vulpes; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL STRUCTURE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FOX; HELMINTHIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARVICOLINAE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOXES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; MALE; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERMES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0033952125     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005351     Document Type: Article

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