Natural Infection of the Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spp.) with Echinococcus granulosus in China

• Yu Rong Yang,

  Affiliations Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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• Tianxi Liu,

  Affiliation The Health Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

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• Xueli Bai,

  Affiliation Ningxia Centre for Disease Control, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

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• Belgees Boufana,

  Affiliation Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute and School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

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• Philip S. Craig,

  Affiliation Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute and School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

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• Minoru Nakao,

  Affiliation Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan

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• Akira Ito,

  Affiliation Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan

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• Jan Zhong Zhang,

  Affiliation Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

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• Patrick Giraudoux,

  Affiliation Chrono-environment UMR UFC/CNRS 6249 USC INRA WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University of Franche-Comte, Besançon, France

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• Donald P. McManus

  * E-mail: donM@qimr.edu.au

  Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia

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