Evidence for an increasing presence of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in The Netherlands

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-578

  Takumi, Katsuhisa ^a   de Vries, Ankje ^a   Chu, Mei Ling ^a   Mulder, Jaap ^b   Teunis, Peter ^a   van der Giessen, Joke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Bureau Mulder natuurlijk   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; Echinococcus multilocularis; Mathematical model; Red fox; Reproduction number

Indexed keywords

CANID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WORM;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOXES; INTESTINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 39449089456     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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