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.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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DNA, Helminth / chemistry
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DNA, Helminth / genetics
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Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
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Dog Diseases / epidemiology
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Dog Diseases / parasitology*
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Dogs
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / epidemiology
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / veterinary*
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Echinococcus multilocularis / genetics
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Echinococcus multilocularis / growth & development*
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Feces / parasitology
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Humans
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Lagomorpha / parasitology
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
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Statistics, Nonparametric
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Tibet / epidemiology