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<P>Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 59 (5), 351-352, 2006</P>


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<P>Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications</P>


<P><B><FONT SIZE="+2">The First Reported Case of a Dog Infected with <I>Echinococcus

multilocularis</I> in Saitama Prefecture, Japan</FONT></B></P>


<P><B>Norishige Yamamoto*, Yasuyuki Morishima<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>2</sup></Font>, Marina Kon,

Masanori Yamaguchi, Sakiko Tanno, Masaya Koyama<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>1</sup></Font>,

Naohiro Maeno<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>1</sup></Font>, Hisashi Azuma<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>1</sup></Font>,

Hajime Mizusawa<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>1</sup></Font>, Hiroshi Kimura<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>1</sup></Font> 

Hiromu Sugiyama<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>2</sup></Font>, Kyoko Arakawa<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>2</sup></Font> 

and Masanori Kawanaka<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>2</sup></Font>*</B></P>


<P>Saitama Institute of Public Health, Saitama 338-0824;

<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>1</sup></Font>Saitama Prefectural Pet Owner's Guidance Center, Saitama 360-0105; and

<FONT SIZE="-1"><sup>2</sup></Font>Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan</P>


<P>Communicated by Takuro Endo</P>


<P>(Accepted September 29, 2006)</P>


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<P>*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Saitama Institute of

Public Health, 639-1 Kamiokubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-0824, Japan.

Tel: +81-48-853-5047, Fax: +81-48-840-1041, 

E-mail: a0143386@pref.saitama.lg.jp</P>


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