title: Is Echinococcus intermedius a valid species?
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan. Electronic address: nakao@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology and Immunology/Immunobiology Program, Faculty of Medicine, PO Box 21, 00014 University of Helsinki, and HUSLAB, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Finland.
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavikainen
authors.affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, US National Parasite Collection, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000145:classification*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Echinococcus; evolution; taxonomy