Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 383-386 , July 2002

Combined eco-epidemiological and molecular biology approaches to assess Echinococcus granulosus transmission to humans in Mauritania: occurrence of the ‘camel’ strain and human cystic echinococcosis

  • K. Bardonnet

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr Karine Bardonnet, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, CHU J. Minjoz, Bd Fleming, 25 030 Besancon cedex, France; phone +33 3 8166 8286, fax +33 3 8166 8914.
    • WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis and Research Unit ‘Health and Rural Environment’, University of Franche-Comté (SERF), School of Medicine and Pharmacy, 25 030 Besançon, France
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  • R. Piarroux

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis and Research Unit ‘Health and Rural Environment’, University of Franche-Comté (SERF), School of Medicine and Pharmacy, 25 030 Besançon, France
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  • L. Dia

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Veterinary Studies and Research (CNERV), Nouakchott, Mauritania
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  • F. Schneegans

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Veterinary Studies and Research (CNERV), Nouakchott, Mauritania
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  • A. Beurdeley

      Affiliations

    • National Hospital, Nouakchott, Mauritania
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  • V. Godot

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis and Research Unit ‘Health and Rural Environment’, University of Franche-Comté (SERF), School of Medicine and Pharmacy, 25 030 Besançon, France
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  • D.A. Vuitton

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis and Research Unit ‘Health and Rural Environment’, University of Franche-Comté (SERF), School of Medicine and Pharmacy, 25 030 Besançon, France

Received 18 July 2001 ,Revised 3 December 2001 ,Accepted 24 January 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 383-386 , July 2002

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