The first reported case of a dog infected with Echinococcus multilocularis in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-352

  Yamamoto, Norishige ^a   Morishima, Yasuyuki ^b   Kon, Marina ^a   Yamaguchi, Masanori ^a   Tanno, Sakiko ^a   Koyama, Masaya ^c   Maeno, Naohiro ^c   Azuma, Hisashi ^c   Mizusawa, Hajime ^c   Kimura, Hiroshi ^c   Sugiyama, Hiromu ^b   Arakawa, Kyoko ^b   Kawanaka, Masanori ^b  

^a SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Saitama Prefectural Pet Owner's Guidance Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; JAPAN;

EID: 33750461259     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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