Echinococcus multilocularis (Cestoda, Taeniidae) in Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in northern Belgium

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-263

  Vervaeke, M ^a   Dorny, P ^b   Vercammen, F ^b   Geerts, S ^b   Brandt, J ^b   Van Den Berge, K ^c   Verhagen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Inst for Forest/Game Management   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Belgium; Echinococcus multilocularis; Epidemiology; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BELGIUM; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOX; INTESTINE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; TAENIASIS; TAPEWORM INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; TAENIIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0142042803     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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