Natural infection of the ground squirrel (Spermophilus spp.) with Echinococcus granulosus in China

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Yang, Yu Rong ^a,b,c   Liu, Tianxi ^d   Bai, Xueli ^e   Boufana, Belgees ^f   Craig, Philip S ^f   Nakao, Minoru ^g   Ito, Akira ^g   Jan, Zhong Zhang ^a   Giraudoux, Patrick ^h   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Health Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region   (China)

^e Ningxia Centre for Disease Control   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^h université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMOPHILUS ALASHANICUS; SPERMOPHILUS DAURICUS; SQUIRREL;

EID: 70449558596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000518     Document Type: Article

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