Australasian Science Autumn 1996, pages 11-14 Infectious diseases in Australasia (by Michael Kotiw and Gracelyn Smallwood)
New Scientist 13 October 1998, page 13 Unwanted immigrants (by Debora MacKenzie) Explains how ending quarantine could leave Britain open to exotic diseases such as fox tapeworm.
17 January 1998, page 14 Price of pet freedom (by Debora MacKenzie) Explains how quarantine laws protect Britain from fox tapeworm as well as rabies.
10 January 1998, page 13 The turn of the worm (by Debora MacKenzie) Describes how foxes are responsible for the European spread of a tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) that can be lethal to humans.
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