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Drivers of Echinococcus multilocularis Transmission in China: Small Mammal Diversity, Landscape or Climate?
BACKGROUND: Human alveolar echinococcocosis (AE) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of the cestode E. multilocularis. Its life-cycle includes more than 40 species of small mammal intermediate hosts. Therefore, host biodiversity losses could be expected to alter transm...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23505582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002045 |