Molecular Identification of Echinococcus multilocularis Infection in Small Mammals from Northeast, Iran

Molecular Identification of Echinococcus multilocularis Infection in Small Mammals from Northeast, Iran

BACKGROUND Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of Echinococcus multilocularis. Many species of small mammals, including arvicolid rodents or Ochotona spp., are natural intermediate hosts of the cestode. The main aim of this study was to identify natural intermediate hosts of E. multilocularis in Chenaran County, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, wh...

Study of Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis infections in canidiae in Ardabile province of Iran

Echinococcus multilocularis in Estonia

To the Editor: Alveolar echinoco-ccosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is one of the most important emerging zoonosis in Europe. The fatality rate is >90% in untreated patients (1). In Europe, the distribution range of the zoonotic tapeworm E. multilocularis has expanded over the last few decades, and the parasite attracts increasing awareness as a public health issue (2–5). In 2003...

Study of Echinococcus Granulosus and Echinococcus Multilocularis Infections in Canidiae in Ardabile Province of Iran

In a cross-sectional study (1992-1994) on wild and domestic carnivores infected with E. granulosus and E. multilocularis in plain and mountaineous areas of Ardabile province, 130 intestinal specimens of dogs, red fox(Vulpes vulpes), wolves (Canis bupus), jackals (Canis aureus), wild and domestic cats (Felis chaou) were collected and examined for Echinococcus species. The percentage of E. granul...

Infection of red foxes with Echinococcus multilocularis in western Switzerland.

In the Jura mountains, Plateau and Alps of western Switzerland important variations in the prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in red foxes were observed between geographical areas from 1990 to 1995. The Jura mountains and the Plateau had higher mean prevalence levels than the Alps with 30.6, 32.4 and 18.8%, respectively. The highest rate was recorded in the Plateau in the canto...