The role of cattle in the epidemiology of Echinococcus granulosus in an endemic area of southern Italy

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-179

  Rinaldi, L ^a   Maurelli, M P ^a   Veneziano, V ^a   Capuano, F ^b   Perugini, A G ^b   Cringoli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HYDATID CYST; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ITALY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 43049124074     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0948-x     Document Type: Article

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