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Detection of <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> in the Definitive Host: Coprodiagnosis by PCR as an Alternative to Necropsy
1 Jul 1998
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Recently, extensions of the range of Echinococcus multilocularis in Europe and North America and drastic increases in fox populations in Europe put an increasing proportion of the human population at risk of alveolar echinococcosis. To obtain data on the local infection pressure, studies of the prevalence of the parasite in the animals that transmit the parasite, foxes, dogs, and cats, are urgently required. Such...
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