The Tibetan hare Lepus oiostolus: A novel intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-353

  Xiao, Ning ^a   Li, Tiao Ying ^b   Qiu, Jia Min ^b   Nakao, Minoru ^a   Chen, Xing Wang ^b   Nakaya, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Schantz, Peter M ^c   Craig, Philip S ^d   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HARE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; LEPUS OIOSTOLUS; LIVER HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HARES; LIVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; LEPUS; LEPUS OIOSTOLUS;

EID: 12144291412     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1048-6     Document Type: Article

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