An interactive map to assess the potential spread of Lymnaea truncatula and the free-living stages of Fasciola hepatica in Switzerland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 242-249

  Rapsch, Christina ^a   Dahinden, Tobias ^b   Heinzmann, Dominik ^a,c   Torgerson, Paul R ^a   Braun, Ueli ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^a   Hurni, Lorenz ^b   Bär, Hansruedi ^b   Knubben Schweizer, Gabi ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Interactive map; Multimedia cartography; Risk modelling; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FOREST; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA TRUNCATULA; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL; SOIL; SURVIVAL; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; LYMNAEA; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

BOVINAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FOSSARIA TRUNCATULA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 44349155277     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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