A stochastic model of Echinococcus multilocularis transmission in Hokkaido, Japan, focusing on the infection process

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-479

  Nishina, Tomohiko ^a,b   Ishikawa, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Echinococcus multilocularis; Hokkaido; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EGG PRODUCTION; FOX; HYDATID CYST; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLEX; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WORM; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 38549166649     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0787-1     Document Type: Article

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