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Occurence of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in southern Poland

Helminthologia
Volume 45 (2008): Issue 1 (March 2008)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0004-5 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 24 - 27
Published on: Mar 2, 2008
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute
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Keywords:
Echinococcus multilocularis,
red fox,
prevalence,
Poland
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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