Echinococcus multitocularis in Grisons: Distribution in foxes and presence of potential intermediate hosts;Echinococcus multilocularis in Graubünden: Verbreitung bei füchsen und vorkommen potentieller zwischenwirte

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 501-510

  Tanner, F ^a   Hegglin, D ^a   Thoma, R ^b   Brosi, G ^b   Deplazes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Amt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Tiergesundheit Graubünden ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Echinococcus multilocularis; Endemic border; Epidemiology; Fox; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD CHAIN; FOX; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSES;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; CANIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748944357     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.9.501     Document Type: Article

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