Investigations on a Swiss area highly endemic for Echinococcus multilocularis.
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Abstract (English)
Anecdotal information suggested that a focus of hyperendemicity may be present in a small area of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Therefore, the prevalence of E. multilocularis was assessed both in the fox and the rodent population over a two-season-period. A high prevalence ranging between 47% and 56% was consistently determined in the fox population. An Arvicola terrestris population was infected at 39% in the first season of investigation and at 11% in the following season. A subsequent seroepidemiological survey in the population of inhabitants surrounding the area provided no indication of seroconversion and thus no indication of infection for humans. However, a longer-term survey will be needed to assess more precisely the risk of disease occurrence among these inhabitants.
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Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.5555/19960804101
- PMID
- 8688861
Related works
- Is cited by
- Data paper: 10.1038/sdata.2015.49 (DOI)
Biodiversity
- Catalog number
- Gottstein et al. 1996
- Scientific name
- Echinococcus multilocularis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Cestoda
- Order
- Cyclophyllidea
- Family
- Taeniidae
- Genus
- Echinococcus
- Species
- multilocularis