Prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in southern Belgium

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Losson, B ^a   Kervyn, T ^a   Detry, J ^a   Pastoret, P P ^a   Mignon, B ^a   Brochier, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Prevalence; Red fox; Southern Belgium

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUODENUM; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FOX; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HOST; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0242361588     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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