Molecular Identification of Echinococcus multilocularis Infection in Small Mammals from Northeast, Iran
M Beiromvand, L Akhlaghi… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
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Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of
Echinococcus multilocularis. Many species of small mammals, including arvicolid rodents or
Ochotona spp., are natural intermediate hosts of the cestode. The main aim of this study was
to identify natural intermediate hosts of E. multilocularis in Chenaran County, Razavi
Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, where the prevalence of infected wild and domestic
carnivores is high. Methodology/Principal Findings A program of trapping was carried out in …
Echinococcus multilocularis. Many species of small mammals, including arvicolid rodents or
Ochotona spp., are natural intermediate hosts of the cestode. The main aim of this study was
to identify natural intermediate hosts of E. multilocularis in Chenaran County, Razavi
Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, where the prevalence of infected wild and domestic
carnivores is high. Methodology/Principal Findings A program of trapping was carried out in …
Background
Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of Echinococcus multilocularis. Many species of small mammals, including arvicolid rodents or Ochotona spp., are natural intermediate hosts of the cestode. The main aim of this study was to identify natural intermediate hosts of E. multilocularis in Chenaran County, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, where the prevalence of infected wild and domestic carnivores is high.
Methodology/Principal Findings
A program of trapping was carried out in five villages in which this cestode was reported in carnivores. The livers of 85 small mammals were investigated for the presence of E. multilocularis infection using multiplex PCR of mitochondrial genes. Infections were identified in 30 specimens: 23 Microtus transcaspicus, three Ochotona rufescens, two Mus musculus, one Crocidura gmelini, and one Apodemus witherbyi.
Conclusions/Significance
A range of small mammals therefore act as natural intermediate hosts for the transmission of E. multilocularis in Chenaran County, and the prevalence suggested that E. multilocularis infection is endemic in this region. The existence of the life cycle of this potentially lethal cestode in the vicinity of human habitats provides a significant risk of human infection.
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