Pasture Types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan Communities.

Authors :: Qian Wang
Vuitton, Dominique A.
Yongfu Xiao
Budke, Christine M.
Campos-Ponce, Maiza
Schantz, Peter M.
Raoul, Francis
Wen Yang
Craig, Philip S.
Giraudoux, Patrick
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jun2006, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p1008-1010, 3p
Publication Year :: 2006
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 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]