Occurrence of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes from the Carpathian regions of Slovakia and Poland

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-110

  Reiterová, Katarina ^a   Dziemian, Ewa ^b   Miterpáková, Martina ^a   Antolová, Daniela ^a   Kotodziej Sobocińska, Marta ^b   Machnicka, Barbara ^b   Dubinský, Pavol ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coproantigen ELISA; Echinococcus multilocularis; Red foxes; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 33745833369     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-006-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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