Echinococcus multilocularis in a European Beaver from Switzerland
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Infection of red foxes with Echinococcus multilocularis in western Switzerland.
In the Jura mountains, Plateau and Alps of western Switzerland important variations in the prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in red foxes were observed between geographical areas from 1990 to 1995. The Jura mountains and the Plateau had higher mean prevalence levels than the Alps with 30.6, 32.4 and 18.8%, respectively. The highest rate was recorded in the Plateau in the canto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0090-3558
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.618