The geographic distribution and genetic variation of Echinococcus multilocularis in Canada

• Main Author: Gesy, Karen
• Other Authors: Jenkins, Emily J., Hill, Janet, Chilton, Neil, Elkin, Brett
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2012
• Subjects: zoonoses; cestode; public health; British Columbia; Canada; Nunavut; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2012-12-861

Echinococcus multilocularis, Leuckart, 1863, is a small cestode that averages 4mm in length. It utilizes carnivores and rodents as definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively, and is increasing in distribution and prevalence in people and animals across its circumpolar range. The inadvertent ing...