Modelling the transmission of Echinococcus granulosus in dogs in the northwest and in the southwest of Morocco

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Azlaf, Rkia ^a   Dakkak, Allal ^a   Chentoufi, Abdelaziz ^b   El Berrahmani, Mokhtar ^b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Ministère de l'Agriculture du Développement Rural et des Pêches Maritimes   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Abundance; Dog; Echinococcus granulosus; Modelling; Morocco; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOROCCO;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 33947365217     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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