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Genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis on a local scale.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 May 2008
Knapp J, Guislain M-H, Bart J M, Raoul F, Gottstein B, Giraudoux P, Piarroux R
Abstract excerpt
Echinococcusmultilocularis is the causative agent of human Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE), and it is one of the most lethal zoonotic infections in the Northern Hemisphere. In France, the eastern and central regions are endemic areas; Franche-Comté, Lorraine and Auvergne are particularly contaminated. Recently, several human cases were recorded in the French Ardennes area, a region adjacent to the western border of...
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