First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, February to March 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Osterman Lind, E ^a   Juremalm, M ^a   Christensson, D ^a   Widgren, S ^a   Hallgren, G ^a   Agren E O ^a   Uhlhorn, H ^a   Lindberg, A ^a   Cedersmyg, M ^b   Wahlstrom H ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOX; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENTATION AND COUNTING TECHNIIQUE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 79955545138     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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