Tracking the vector of Onchocerca lupi in a rural area of Greece.

Emerg Infect Dis

Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Italy.

Published: July 2012

During a hot Mediterranean summer, an expedition brought parasitologists from Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, and Serbia to a wooded area near Xanthi, Thrace, northeastern Greece, near the Turkish border, on the track of the vector of the little-known nematode Onchocerca lupi. The scientific purposes of the expedition blended then with stories of humans, animals, and parasites in this rural area.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376829PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1807.AD1807DOI Listing

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