Echinococcus multilocularis in carnivores from the Klatovy district of the Czech Republic
Jazyk angličtina Země Anglie, Velká Británie Médium print
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
11345074
DOI
10.1079/joh200038
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- MeSH
- Carnivora parazitologie MeSH
- DNA helmintů analýza MeSH
- Echinococcus izolace a purifikace MeSH
- echinokokóza epidemiologie veterinární MeSH
- feces parazitologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lišky parazitologie MeSH
- nemoci psů parazitologie MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- psi MeSH
- tenké střevo parazitologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- psi MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika epidemiologie MeSH
- Názvy látek
- DNA helmintů MeSH
A unique human case of alveolar echinococcosis was described in 1979 from the Klatovy district of the Czech Republic. However, there were no previous epidemiological studies in this area focusing on detection of the source of infection--Echinococcus multilocularis adults producing eggs. During the period June 1997 to April 1999, 29 out of a total of 46 (63.3%) red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Klatovy district and one of four foxes (25.0%) in the Pilsen South district were found to be infected with adult worms of E. multilocularis. No E. multilocularis adults were found in other animals from the Klatovy district (i.e. three specimens of Martes martes, two Martes foina, one Mustela erminea, two Meles meles and one Felis catus f. domestica). An examination of faecal samples from 55 dogs (Canis familiaris) from the Klatovy district resulted in the detection of E. multilocularis DNA in one (1.8%) sample. The present results support the possibility that human alveolar echinococcosis previously described in the Czech Republic had the character of an autochthonous infection. There are also indications of a potential risk of infection to humans.
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