An improved method for the extraction and quantification of adult Echinococcus from wildlife definitive hosts

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2075-2078

  Gesy, Karen ^a   Pawlik, Michael ^a   Kapronczai, Luciene ^a   Wagner, Brent ^a   Elkin, Brett ^b   Schwantje, Helen ^c   Jenkins, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPING AND COUNTING TECHNIQUE; SCRAPING FILTRATION AND COUNTING TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANIDAE; COYOTES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOXES; INTESTINES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOLVES; ZOONOSES;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS;

EID: 84876293308     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3371-x     Document Type: Article

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