Spatial heterogeneity and temporal variations in Echinococcus multilocularis infections in wild hosts in a North American urban setting

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 457-465

  Liccioli, Stefano ^a,b   Kutz, Susan J ^a,c   Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^b   Massolo, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Coyote; Echinococcus multilocularis; Intermediate hosts; Spatial heterogeneity; Urban life cycle

Indexed keywords

CANID; FLATWORM; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METACESTODE; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MOUSE; MYODES GAPPERI; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPRING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WINTER; ANIMAL; CANADA; CITY; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA;

CANIS LATRANS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CITIES; COYOTES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FECES; HUMANS; RODENTIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84902181801     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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