Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus canadensis in wolves from western Canada

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-163

  Schurer, Janna M ^a   Gesy, Karen M ^a   Elkin, Brett T ^b   Jenkins, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Echinococcus granulosus; genotype; geographic distribution; wolf

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTESTINE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WOLF; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COINFECTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MANITOBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PREVALENCE; SASKATCHEWAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLVES;

EID: 84893950825     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001716     Document Type: Article

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