Echinococcus granulosus in Finland

Echinococcus granulosus in Finland

Echinococcus granulosus is shown to occur in eastern Finland in a sylvatic cycle involving wolves ( Canis lupus) as the definitive host and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and probably also elk ( Alces alces) and the wild forest reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus fennicus) as intermediate hosts. Ev...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary parasitology 2003-02, Vol.111 (2), p.175-192
Hauptverfasser: Hirvelä-Koski, Varpu, Haukisalmi, Voitto, Kilpelä, Seija-Sisko, Nylund, Minna, Koski, Perttu
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Cestoda
Dog
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dog Diseases - parasitology
Dogs
Echinococcosis - epidemiology
Echinococcosis - parasitology
Echinococcosis - veterinary
Echinococcus - isolation & purification
Echinococcus granulosus
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary
Feces - parasitology
Female
Finland
Finland - epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases - epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases - parasitology
Gastrointestinal Diseases - veterinary
Intestines - parasitology
Male
Parasite Egg Count - veterinary
Prevalence
Reindeer
Reindeer - parasitology
Rural Population
Statistics, Nonparametric
Wolf
Wolves - parasitology
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Zusammenfassung:Echinococcus granulosus is shown to occur in eastern Finland in a sylvatic cycle involving wolves ( Canis lupus) as the definitive host and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and probably also elk ( Alces alces) and the wild forest reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus fennicus) as intermediate hosts. Even though the prevalence of E. granulosus in reindeer has increased in recent years, it is still very low (
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00381-3