Spatial Distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis, Svalbard, Norway

• 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

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.