Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in carnivores in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran using mitochondrial DNA.

• Autores principales: Molouk Beiromvand (Autor), Lame Akhlaghi (Autor), Seyed Hossein Fattahi Massom (Autor), Iraj Mobedi (Autor), Ahmad Reza Meamar (Autor), Hormozd Oormazdi (Autor), Abbas Motevalian (Autor), Elham Razmjou (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Echinococcus multilocularis is the source of alveolar echinococcosis, a potentially fatal zoonotic disease. This investigation assessed the presence of E. multilocularis infection in definitive hosts in the Chenaran region of Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...