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A community analysis approach to parasite transmission in multi-host systems: Assemblages of small mammal prey and Echinococcus multilocularis in an urban area in North America

BACKGROUND: Echinococcus multilocularis (Em) is a parasite with a complex life cycle whose transmission involves a predator-prey interaction. Accidental ingestion of Em eggs by humans may cause alveolar echinococcosis, a potentially fatal disease. Although previous research suggested that the compos...

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Autores principales: Mori, Kensuke, Liccioli, Stefano, Marceau, Danielle, Massolo, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30993074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.03.012