title: Spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis, Svalbard, Norway.
abstract: In Svalbard, Norway, the only intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis, the sibling vole, has restricted spatial distribution. A survey of feces from the main host, the arctic fox, showed that only the area occupied by the intermediate host is associated with increased risk for human infection.
authors.affiliation: The Polar Environmental Centre, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway. eva.fuglei@npolar.no
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fuglei
authors.forename: Audun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stien
authors.forename: Nigel G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Yoccoz
authors.forename: Rolf A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ims
authors.forename: Nina E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Eide
authors.forename: Pål
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prestrud
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deplazes
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oksanen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006702:Homing Behavior; D006801:Humans; D013538:Svalbard / Q000453:epidemiology; D019371:Topography, Medical; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology