Study of Echinococcus Granulosus and Echinococcus Multilocularis Infections in Canidiae in Ardabile Province of Iran
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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. granulosus infection was 29.6%, in dogs and 25% in wolves. While in case of E. multilocularis the percentage was 22.9% and 16% in red fox and jackals, respectively. The prevalence of E. granulosus in plain and mountainous areas were 23% and 33.3% while that of E. multilocularis were 23.7% and 10.5%, while the prevalence of E. granulosus these in male and female animais were 38.8% and 15.3% and that of E. multilocularis were 19.2% and 23.4% respectively. Seasonal changes in prevalence of E. granulosus were 50%, 29.2%, and 2.5% in spring, autumn and winter respectively, while that of E. multilocu/aris were 11.8% in spring, 21.4% in autumn and winter. The density of the infection with E. granulosus in 22.2% of wolves were low while 25% were mild. In dogs the density of the said specie was mild in 7.6% . E. multilocularis among 15.8% red fox and jackals were found low, 2.8% mild and 4.3% heavy, respectively. None of 2505 collected rodents were infected, but during this study three human cases were found infected with alveolar hydatid cyst from the same areas.
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Study of Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis infections in canidiae in Ardabile province of Iran
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