Echinococcus granulosus infection and options for control of cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of Western Sichuan Province, China.

• Asıl Yazarlar: Yu Rong Yang (Yazar), Donald P McManus (Yazar), Yan Huang (Yazar), David D Heath (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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BACKGROUND: Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is highly endemic in the Tibetan regions of Sichuan where most families keep guard dogs and where there are considerable numbers of ownerless/stray dogs. Strong Buddhist beliefs do not allow for elimination of stray dogs, and many strays are actually fed...