| an epidemiological approach to the study of echinococcosis in north-east region of iran (khorassan). | we have collected all the reported cases of echinococcus cysts recovered in every surgical ward in mashhad since their establishment. at the same time we searched corpses of livestock which had been slaughtered in khorassan's slaughter houses in different days since 1969 for evidence of cysts, and also dogs, 2 wolves, 4 jackals and 11 foxes which had been killed with strychnine, for adult worms. occurrence of hydatid cyst infestation was found in 478 reports of surgical operations amongst 43,196 ... | 1976 | 1004935 |
| detection of echinococcus multilocularis in carnivores in razavi khorasan province, iran using mitochondrial dna. | echinococcus multilocularis is the source of alveolar echinococcosis, a potentially fatal zoonotic disease. this investigation assessed the presence of e. multilocularis infection in definitive hosts in the chenaran region of razavi khorasan province, northeastern iran. | 2011 | 22132245 |