Natural infection of the ground squirrel (Spermophilus spp.) with Echinococcus granulosus in China.

• Main Authors: Yu Rong Yang (Author), Tianxi Liu (Author), Xueli Bai (Author), Belgees Boufana (Author), Philip S Craig (Author), Minoru Nakao (Author), Akira Ito (Author), Jan Zhong Zhang (Author), Patrick Giraudoux (Author), Donald P McManus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Echinococcus granulosus is usually transmitted between canid definitive hosts and ungulate intermediate hosts. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Lesions found in the livers of ground squirrels, Spermophilus dauricus/alashanicus, trapped in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, an area in China co...