Epidemiology of echinococcosis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-217

  Romig, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Epidemiology; Hydatid disease

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CESTODE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

EID: 0141756224     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-003-0413-3     Document Type: Review

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