The fox as a definitive host of Echinococcus and its role in the spread of hydatid disease
In the first part of this discussion of the significance of the fox in the epidemiology of hydatid disease in man, the author reviews the literature on vulpine echinococciasis. He points out that the evidence available from field surveys and laboratory observations suggests that the fox is not a def...
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1959
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2537791 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13638792 |
| Summary: | In the first part of this discussion of the significance of the fox in the epidemiology of hydatid disease in man, the author reviews the literature on vulpine echinococciasis. He points out that the evidence available from field surveys and laboratory observations suggests that the fox is not a definitive host of Echinococcus granulosus—the parasite responsible for the most common form of hydatid disease in man—but is a host of E. multilocularis, which is found in parts of Europe and Asia, in the islands of the Bering Sea and in Alaska, and is known to be the causal agent of alveolar hydatid disease. |
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