Grass height and transmission ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis in Tibetan communities, China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Wang, Qian ^a   Raoul, Francis ^b   Budke, Christine ^c   Craig, Philip S ^d   Xiao, Yong Fu ^a   Vuitton, Dominique A ^b   Campos Ponce, Maiza ^e   Qiu, Dong Chuan ^a   Pleydell, David ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Echinococcosis multilocularis; Grass height; Overgrazing; Small mammals; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOX; GRASS; GRAZING; HAIR; HOST; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TOOTH; WORM;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECOLOGY; POACEAE; TIBET;

EID: 74749108296     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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