Echinococcus multilocularis in two lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-88

  Rehmann, P ^a   Grone A ^a   Lawrenz, A ^b   Pagan, O ^c   Gottstein, B ^a   Bacciarini, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Zoologischer Garten Wuppertal   (Germany)

^c Zoo Basel Postfach   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Gorilla g. gorilla; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GORILLA; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0042805191     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(02)00159-7     Document Type: Article

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