

@article {3107,
	title = {Frequency distribution of {Echinococcus} granulosus in dog populations in the {Xinjiang} {Uygur} {Autonomous} {Region}, {China}},
	journal = {Veterinary Parasitology},
	volume = {43},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {1992},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {233{\textendash}241},
	abstract = {Age-prevalence and age-intensity data of Echinococcus granulosus in dog populations were collected in four counties in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China. The frequency distribution of the parasite per dog was adequately described by the negative binomial model, with parameter k being 0.0571. The mathematical model of the life cycle of E. granulosus constructed by Roberts et al. (1986{\textendash}Parasitology, Vol. 92, pages 621-641) was used to estimate the epidemiologic parameters of E. granulosus in Xinjiang. This model showed that the prevailing infection pressure on dogs was 0.4560 infectious insults year-1 and the mean length of an infection was 1.4975 years. The effect of acquired immunity on the prevalence of E. granulosus in dogs was considered to be insignificant.},
	keywords = {Age Factors, Animals, Binomial Distribution, Biological, China, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Echinococcosis, Likelihood Functions, Models, prevalence},
	issn = {0304-4017},
	author = {Ming, R. and Tolley, H. D. and Andersen, F. L. and Chai, J. and Chang, Q.}
}
