Epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis with particular reference to China and Europe

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Vuitton, D A ^a   Zhou, H ^a,b,d   Bresson Hadni, S ^a   Wang, Q ^a,c   Piarroux, M ^a   Raoul, F ^a   Giraudoux, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sichuan Inst of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^d GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Animal hosts; Echinococcus multilocularis; Epidemiology; Geography; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; CHINA; DEFORESTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JAPAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FELIS CATUS; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 1542284523     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182003004153     Document Type: Review

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