Pasture types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan communities.
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.
Wang
Qian
Q
Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. wangqian67@yahoo.com.cn
Vuitton
Dominique A
DA
Xiao
Yongfu
Y
Budke
Christine M
CM
Campos-Ponce
Maiza
M
Schantz
Peter M
PM
Raoul
Francis
F
Yang
Wen
W
Craig
Philip S
PS
Giraudoux
Patrick
P
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
D018509:DNA, Helminth