Echinococcus multilocularis in south-eastern Europe (Romania)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1093-1097

  Sikó, Sandor B ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^b   Ceica, C ^c   Tivadar, C S ^c   Bogolin, I ^c   Popescu, S ^d   Cozma, V ^e  

^a Echino News Assoc Romania   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Veterinary and Food Safety Direction   (Romania)

^d Veterinary and Food Safety Laboratory   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METACESTODE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOXES; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; RODENTIA; VULPES;

EID: 79956211263     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2150-1     Document Type: Article

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