Echinococcus granulosus infection in Spain

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-165

  Carmena, D ^a,b   Sanchez Serrano L P ^c   Barbero Martinez I ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Jesús Obrero Polytechnique Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Hydatidosis; Intestinal dog echinococcosis; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHEEP; SPAIN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 40549136473     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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