Abstract
Our study showed that open pastures had more small mammal burrows than fenced pastures in Tibetan pastoralist communities in 2003. This characteristic was linked to a higher prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs and indicates that pasture type may affect E. multilocularis transmission.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1008-1010 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2006 |
Keywords
- Animals
- DNA, Helminth
- Disease Reservoirs
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Echinococcosis, Hepatic
- Echinococcus multilocularis
- Feces
- Humans
- Lagomorpha
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Tibet
- Journal Article
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.