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Distribution of echinococcosis/hydatidosis in Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Rodolfo Lorenzini  and
Anna Ruggieri
Rodolfo Lorenzini
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità,Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Anna Ruggieri
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità,Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Abstract

Results of an epidemiological survey carried out in 88 slaughterhouses in Italy from 1979 to 1983 are reported. Data have been compared to national surveys previously conducted in 1955 and from 1968 to 1978. Analysis of various factors affecting the incidence of the disease in different areas of the country are reported.

Keywords

hydatidEchinococcusItalysurvey
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , September 1987 , pp. 261 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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