Molecular identification of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in small mammals from Northeast, Iran.

• Váldodahkkit: Molouk Beiromvand (Dahkki), Lame Akhlaghi (Dahkki), Seyed Hossein Fattahi Massom (Dahkki), Ahmad Reza Meamar (Dahkki), Jamshid Darvish (Dahkki), Elham Razmjou (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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BACKGROUND: Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of Echinococcus multilocularis. Many species of small mammals, including arvicolid rodents or Ochotona spp., are natural intermediate hosts of the cestode. The main aim of this study was to identify natural intermedi...