Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey
Abstract Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), one of the most threatening zoonoses in Eurasia. Human AE is widespread in the Erzurum region of Turkey, but the situation of the disease in intermediate and definitive hosts is unknown. A Eurasian lynx ( Ly...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0031182018000082 2024-05-19T07:50:06+00:00 Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey Avcioglu, Hamza Guven, Esin Balkaya, Ibrahim Kirman, Ridvan 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182018000082 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182018000082 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Parasitology volume 145, issue 9, page 1147-1150 ISSN 0031-1820 1469-8161 journal-article 2018 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182018000082 2024-05-02T06:50:54Z Abstract Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), one of the most threatening zoonoses in Eurasia. Human AE is widespread in the Erzurum region of Turkey, but the situation of the disease in intermediate and definitive hosts is unknown. A Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) was killed in a traffic accident in the north of Erzurum, and was taken to our laboratory. Sedimentation and counting technique (SCT), DNA isolation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis were performed. The SCT results showed that the lynx was infected with E. multilocularis with a medium (745 worms) worm burden. The DNA of adult worms obtained from the lynx was analyzed with a species-specific PCR, and the worms were confirmed to be E. multilocularis by 12S rRNA gene sequence analysis. This is the first report of E. multilocularis from Eurasian lynx in Turkey. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Cambridge University Press Parasitology 145 9 1147 1150 |
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Abstract Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), one of the most threatening zoonoses in Eurasia. Human AE is widespread in the Erzurum region of Turkey, but the situation of the disease in intermediate and definitive hosts is unknown. A Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) was killed in a traffic accident in the north of Erzurum, and was taken to our laboratory. Sedimentation and counting technique (SCT), DNA isolation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis were performed. The SCT results showed that the lynx was infected with E. multilocularis with a medium (745 worms) worm burden. The DNA of adult worms obtained from the lynx was analyzed with a species-specific PCR, and the worms were confirmed to be E. multilocularis by 12S rRNA gene sequence analysis. This is the first report of E. multilocularis from Eurasian lynx in Turkey. |
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Avcioglu, Hamza Guven, Esin Balkaya, Ibrahim Kirman, Ridvan |
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Avcioglu, Hamza Guven, Esin Balkaya, Ibrahim Kirman, Ridvan Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey |
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Avcioglu, Hamza Guven, Esin Balkaya, Ibrahim Kirman, Ridvan |
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Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey |
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Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey |
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Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey |
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Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey |
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Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx) in Turkey |
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echinococcus multilocularis in a eurasian lynx ( lynx lynx) in turkey |
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