Echinococcus granulosus infection and options for control of cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of Western Sichuan Province, China

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yang, Yu Rong ^a,b,c   McManus, Donald P ^a   Huang, Yan ^d   Heath, David D ^e  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Institute of Parasitic Disease Control   (China)

^e AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REINFECTION; SHEEP; YAK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; TIBET;

EID: 65549096803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000426     Document Type: Article

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