Role of dog behaviour and environmental fecal contamination in transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis in Tibetan communities

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1316-1329

  Vaniscotte, A ^a,h   Raoul, F ^a   Poulle, M L ^b,c   Romig, T ^d   Dinkel, A ^d   Takahashi, K ^e   Guislain, M H ^c   Moss, J ^f   Tiaoying, L ^g   Wang, Q ^g   Qiu, J ^g   Craig, P S ^f   Giraudoux, P ^a  

^a université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c URCA CERFE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

domestic dogs; Echinococcus multilocularis; fecal contamination; spatial distribution; transmission ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRASSLAND; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYTOCHROMES B; DEFECATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TIBET;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053084403     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000874     Document Type: Article

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