Influence of urbanization on the epidemiology of intestinal helminths of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Geneva, Switzerland

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-611

  Reperant, Leslie A ^a,b   Hegglin, Daniel ^a   Fischer, Claude ^c   Kohler, Lucia ^a   Weber, Jean Marc ^d   Deplazes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d KORA (Co ordinated Carnivore Research Projects)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOX; HELMINTH; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; RURAL AREA; SWITZERLAND; TAENIA; TOXOCARA CANIS; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; FOXES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; URBANIZATION;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; RODENTIA; TAENIA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CANIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VERMES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34547132533     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0520-0     Document Type: Article

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