Spatial Distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis, Svalbard, Norway

In Svalbard, Norway, the only intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis, the sibling vole, has restricted spatial distribution. A survey of feces from the main host, the arctic fox, showed that only the area occupied by the intermediate host is associated with increased risk for human infect...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Eva Fuglei, Audun Stien, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Rolf A. Ims, Nina E. Eide, Pål Prestrud, Peter Deplazes, Antti Oksanen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Subjects:
Vulpes lagopus
arctic fox
Microtus levis
sibling vole
Echinococcus multilocularis
ELISA
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Svalbard
Norway
Arctic Fox
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070565
https://doaj.org/article/15a1c5b58799443aaeaedd5cde951b0e
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Summary:In Svalbard, Norway, the only intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis, the sibling vole, has restricted spatial distribution. A survey of feces from the main host, the arctic fox, showed that only the area occupied by the intermediate host is associated with increased risk for human infection.

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