Alveolar echinococcosis in the Zoological Garden Basle

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 498-502

  Rehmann, P ^a   Grone A ^a   Gottstein, B ^a   Sager, H ^a   Muller N ^a   Vollm J ^b   Bacciarini, L N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Zoo Basel Postfach   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Epidemiology; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 27844494146     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.147.11.498     Document Type: Article

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