A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology of Echinococcosis in Domestic and Wild Animals

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Otero Abad, Belen ^a   Torgerson, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FELIDAE; FOX; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOLE; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 84879520959     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002249     Document Type: Review

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