title: Pasture types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan communities.
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.
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. wangqian67@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dominique A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vuitton
authors.forename: Yongfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Budke
authors.forename: Maiza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campos-Ponce
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schantz
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raoul
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giraudoux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007793:Lagomorpha / Q000469:parasitology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D018609:Tibet / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth