Echinococcus multilocularis infections in domestic dogs and cats from Germany and other European countries

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 244-253

  Dyachenko, Viktor ^a   Pantchev, Nikola ^b   Gawlowska, Sandra ^a   Vrhovec, Majda Globokar ^b   Bauer, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Echinococcus granulosus; Echinococcus multilocularis; Germany; Taenia

Indexed keywords

RNA 12S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EMBRYO; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EUROPE; FECES; PREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FELIDAE; RODENTIA; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA MARTIS; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; TAENIA POLYACANTHA; TAENIA SERIALIS; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 53049099568     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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