Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?

Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary. This parasite may be spreading eastward because the population of foxes has increased because of human interventions, and this spread may result...

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Autores principales: Sréter, Tamás, Széll, Zoltán, Egyed, Zsuzsa, Varga, István
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12643838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020320
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author Sréter, Tamás
Széll, Zoltán
Egyed, Zsuzsa
Varga, István
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Széll, Zoltán
Egyed, Zsuzsa
Varga, István
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description Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary. This parasite may be spreading eastward because the population of foxes has increased because of human interventions, and this spread may result in the emergence of alveolar echinococcosis in Central Eastern Europe.
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spelling pubmed-29585382010-10-27 Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe? Sréter, Tamás Széll, Zoltán Egyed, Zsuzsa Varga, István Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary. This parasite may be spreading eastward because the population of foxes has increased because of human interventions, and this spread may result in the emergence of alveolar echinococcosis in Central Eastern Europe. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2958538/ /pubmed/12643838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020320 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Sréter, Tamás
Széll, Zoltán
Egyed, Zsuzsa
Varga, István
Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?
title Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?
title_full Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?
title_fullStr Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?
title_full_unstemmed Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?
title_short Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?
title_sort echinococcus multilocularis: an emerging pathogen in hungary and central eastern europe?
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12643838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020320
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