First report of Echinococcus multilocularis in cats in Poland: a monitoring study in cats and dogs from a rural area and animal shelter in a highly endemic region

BACKGROUND: Alveolar echinococcosis is a dangerous zoonotic disease caused by larval forms of Echinococcus multilocularis. In its life-cycle, the principal definitive host is the red fox; however, domesticated carnivorous animals (dogs and cats) can also act as definitive hosts. Until now, there wer...

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Autores principales: Karamon, Jacek, Sroka, Jacek, Dąbrowska, Joanna, Bilska-Zając, Ewa, Zdybel, Jolanta, Kochanowski, Maciej, Różycki, Mirosław, Cencek, Tomasz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6591820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31234884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3573-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6591820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31234884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3573-x

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