Echinococcoses and tibetan communities

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1674-1675

  Craig, Philip S ^a   Li, Tiaoying ^b   Qiu, Jiamin ^b   Zhen, Ren ^c   Wang, Qian ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^d   Ito, Akira ^e   Heath, David ^f   Warnock, Bill ^g   Schantz, Peter ^h   Yang, Wen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Aba Army Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g Boulder Lhasa Sister City Project   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHINA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIBET; ZOONOSES;

EID: 54249137672     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.071636     Document Type: Letter

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