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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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National Center for Infectious Diseases
2008
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Online Access: | https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/4858/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/4858/1/Fuglei_et_al.,_Emerg_Infect_Dis_%282008%29.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-4858 https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070565 |
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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