Echinococcus multilocularis: An emerging pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 384-386

  Sréter, Tamás ^a   Széll, Zoltán ^a   Egyed, Zsuzsa ^a,b   Varga, István ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EUROPE; FOX; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 0037538409     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.020320     Document Type: Article

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