Echinococcus species in African wildlife

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1089-1095

  Httner, M ^a   Romig, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Echinococcus; Wildlife parasites; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CARNIVORE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; ECHINOCOCCUS FELIDIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI; LIFE CYCLE; LION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350028835     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990461     Document Type: Review

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