Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi
Distinct Echinococcus granulosus life cycle patterns have been described in North America: domestic and sylvatic. Gene sequences of the sylvatic E. granulosus indicate that it represents a separate variant. Case-based data have suggested that the course of sylvatic disease is less severe than that o...
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ftunivqespace:oai:espace.library.uq.edu.au:UQ:64126 2023-05-15T15:04:27+02:00 Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi McManus, D. P. Zhang, L. H. Castrodale, L. J. Le, T. H. Pearson, M. Blair, D. J. W. Kazura 2002-01-01 https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:64126 eng eng American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.296 issn:0002-9637 Public Environmental & Occupational Health Tropical Medicine Genus Echinococcus 321299 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified C1 730299 Public health not elsewhere classified Journal Article 2002 ftunivqespace https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.296 2020-08-17T22:31:18Z Distinct Echinococcus granulosus life cycle patterns have been described in North America: domestic and sylvatic. Gene sequences of the sylvatic E. granulosus indicate that it represents a separate variant. Case-based data have suggested that the course of sylvatic disease is less severe than that of domestic disease. which led to the recommendation to treat cystic echinococcosis patients in the Arctic by careful medical management rather than by aggressive surgery. We recently reported the first two documented E. granalosus human cases in Alaska with accompanying severe sequelae. Here we describe the results of molecular genetic analysis of the cyst material of one of the subjects that supported identification of the parasite as the sylvatic (cervid) strain and not the domestic (common sheep strain), which was initially thought to be implicated in these unusually severe Alaskan cases. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace Arctic The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 67 3 296 298 |
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Distinct Echinococcus granulosus life cycle patterns have been described in North America: domestic and sylvatic. Gene sequences of the sylvatic E. granulosus indicate that it represents a separate variant. Case-based data have suggested that the course of sylvatic disease is less severe than that of domestic disease. which led to the recommendation to treat cystic echinococcosis patients in the Arctic by careful medical management rather than by aggressive surgery. We recently reported the first two documented E. granalosus human cases in Alaska with accompanying severe sequelae. Here we describe the results of molecular genetic analysis of the cyst material of one of the subjects that supported identification of the parasite as the sylvatic (cervid) strain and not the domestic (common sheep strain), which was initially thought to be implicated in these unusually severe Alaskan cases. |
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Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi |
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Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi |
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Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi |
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Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi |
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Short report: Molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in Alaska caused by the cervid strain of Echinococcus granulosusi |
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short report: molecular genetic characterization of an unusually severe case of hydatid disease in alaska caused by the cervid strain of echinococcus granulosusi |
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