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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Main Authors: Fuglei, E, Stien, A, Yoccoz, N G, Ims, R A, Eide, N E, Prestrud, P, Deplazes, P, Oksanen, A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: National Center for Infectious Diseases 2008
Subjects:
Institute of Parasitology
570 Life sciences
biology
610 Medicine & health
600 Technology
Arctic
Norway
Svalbard
Arctic Fox
sibling vole
Online Access:https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/4858/
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/4858/1/Fuglei_et_al.,_Emerg_Infect_Dis_%282008%29.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-4858
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070565
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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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