Drivers of Echinococcus multilocularis transmission in China: small mammal diversity, landscape or climate?
<h4>Background</h4>Human alveolar echinococcocosis (AE) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of the cestode E. multilocularis. Its life-cycle includes more than 40 species of small mammal intermediate hosts. Therefore, host biodiversity losses could be expec...
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Main Authors: | Patrick Giraudoux, Francis Raoul, David Pleydell, Tiaoying Li, Xiuming Han, Jiamin Qiu, Yan Xie, Hu Wang, Akira Ito, Philip S Craig |
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Language: | EN |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/5c82b0ad4f3144c0b0692be71c89f3f1 |
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