Spatial Distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis, Svalbard, Norway

In Svalbard, Norway, the only intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis, the sibling vole, has restricted spatial distribution. A survey of feces from the main host, the arctic fox, showed that only the area occupied by the intermediate host is associated with increased risk for human infect...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Fuglei, Eva, Stien, Audun, Yoccoz, Nigel G., Ims, Rolf A., Eide, Nina E., Prestrud, Pål, Deplazes, Peter, Oksanen, Antti
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Subjects:
Dispatch
Arctic
Norway
Svalbard
Arctic Fox
sibling vole
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600161
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258082
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070565
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Summary:In Svalbard, Norway, the only intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis, the sibling vole, has restricted spatial distribution. A survey of feces from the main host, the arctic fox, showed that only the area occupied by the intermediate host is associated with increased risk for human infection.

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