Echinococcus multilocularis in Svalbard, Norway: Microsatellite genotyping to investigate the origin of a highly focal contamination

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1270-1274

  Knapp, J ^a   Staebler, S ^b   Bart, J M ^c   Stien, A ^d   Yoccoz, N G ^d,e   Drogemuller C ^f   Gottstein, B ^f   Deplazes, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Echinococcus multilocularis; Microsatellite EmsB; Parasite dynamics; Sibling vole

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOX; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; VOLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EUROPE; FOXES; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MURIDAE; VULPES;

EID: 84861527861     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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