Echinococcus multilocularis infections of rural, residential and urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Parasite

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Fischer, C ^a,d   Reperant, L A ^b   Weber, J M ^c   Hegglin, D ^b   Deplazes, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KORA   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Red fox; Switzerland; Urbanisation; Vulpes; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOX; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; URBANIZATION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; URBANIZATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 29144536671     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2005124339     Document Type: Article

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