Alveolar echinococcosis, Lithuania [5]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1618-1619

  Bružinskaite, Rasa ^a   Marcinkute, Audrone ^b   Strupas, Kȩstutis ^c   Sokolovas, Vitalijus ^c   Deplazes, Peter ^d   Mathis, Alexander ^d   Eddi, Carlos ^e   Šarkunas, Mindaugas ^a  

^a Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^b National Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases University Hospital   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LITHUANIA; LIVER HYDATID CYST; METACESTODE; MUSKRAT; PREVALENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 35548963866     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1310.061161     Document Type: Letter

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