The carriage of larval Echinococcus multilocularis and other cestodes by the musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus) along the Ourthe River and its tributaries (Belgium)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-287

  Mathy, A ^a   Hanosset, R ^a   Adant, S ^b   Losson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MRW DGRNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Belgium; Echinococus multilocularis; Metacestodes; Musk rat; Ondatra zibethicus; Taenia spp

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RATTUS; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA MARTIS; TAENIA POLYACANTHA; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BELGIUM; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOX; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARVICOLINAE; BELGIUM; CARRIER STATE; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOXES; LARVA; MALE; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 67649923206     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.279     Document Type: Article

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