Alveolar echinococcosis in a highly endemic area of northern Slovakia between 2000 and 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 34, 2014, Pages

  Antolova D ^a   Miterpakova M ^a   Radonak J ^b   Hudackova D ^c   Szilagyiova M ^d   Zacek M ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Slovakia)

^d Martinska Fakultna Nemocnica   (Slovakia)

^e Zilina Hospital   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SLOVAKIA; VULPES VULPES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84906830849     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.34.20882     Document Type: Article

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