Echinococcus multilocularis: Epidemiology, surveillance and state-of-the-art diagnostics from a veterinary public health perspective

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 149-161

  Conraths, Franz J ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Epidemiology; Monitoring; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE DISEASE; CAT DISEASE; CESTODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; COPROSCOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINAL SCRAPING TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84947865063     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.027     Document Type: Article

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