Pasture Types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan Communities

Wang, Qian; Vuitton, Dominique A.; Xiao, Yongfu; Budke, Christine M.; Campos-Ponce, Maiza; Schantz, Peter M.; Raoul, Francis; Yang, Wen; Craig, Philip S.; Giraudoux, Patrick

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Pasture Types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan Communities

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Jun 2006
By Wang, Qian ; Vuitton, Dominique A. ; Xiao, Yongfu ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Wang, Qian ; Vuitton, Dominique A. ; Xiao, Yongfu ; Budke, Christine M. ; Campos-Ponce, Maiza ; Schantz, Peter M. ; Raoul, Francis ; Yang, Wen ; Craig, Philip S. ; Giraudoux, Patrick
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Our study showed that open pastures had more small mammal burrows than fenced pastures in Tibetan pastoralist communities in 2003. This characteristic was linked to a higher prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs and indicates that pasture type may affect E. multilocularis transmission.
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Animals Disease Reservoirs Dispatch DNA, Helminth Dog Diseases Dogs Echinococcosis, Hepatic Feces Humans Lagomorpha Polymerase Chain Reaction Statistics, Nonparametric
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Emerg Infect Dis. 12(6):1008-1010.
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Journal Article
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Tibet
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Asia
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12
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6
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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