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The fox tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, in grey wolves and dogs in Slovakia: epidemiology and genetic analysis

  1. TitleThe fox tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, in grey wolves and dogs in Slovakia: epidemiology and genetic analysis
    Author infoJúlia Jarošová ... [et al.]
    Author Jarošová Júlia (30%)
    Co-authors Antolová Daniela (20%)
    Šnábel Viliam (15%)
    Guimarães Nuno Filipe 1974- (10%) UMBFP09 - Katedra biológie a ekológie
    Štofík Jozef (5%)
    Urban Peter 1962- (10%) UMBFP09 - Katedra biológie a ekológie
    Cavallero Serena (5%)
    Miterpáková Martina (5%)
    Source document Journal of Helminthology. Vol. 94, (2020), pp. [1-8]. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020
    Keywords vlk dravý - grey wolf - Canis lupus   psy - psi - dogs   epidemiológia - epidemiology   genetika - genetics  
    Headings Geogr. Slovensko
    Form. Descr.články - journal articles
    LanguageEnglish
    CountryGreat Britian
    AnnotationEchinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is an important emerging parasite in the northern hemisphere. In epidemiological studies, the highest attention is being paid to foxes as the main reservoir hosts responsible for geographic expansion from multiple focal populations and the invasion of urban habitats, but little information is available on the parasite distribution in other carnivores. Hence, the study was designed to obtain updated information about the occurrence and genetic diversity of E. multilocularis in grey wolves and dogs in Slovakia. Faecal samples of wolves were collected from three locations under a certain level of environmental protection in the central and eastern parts of the country, and the presence of the parasite DNA was detected in 35.7% of 112 samples, with the highest rate (51.2%) recorded in the Poloniny National Park in north-eastern Slovakia. Among 110 faecal dog samples, E. multilocularis was detected in three faeces from segregated Roma settlements in the eastern part of the country, which accounted for an overall positivity of 2.7%. Sequence analysis of two mitochondrial genes, 12S rRNA and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1, revealed four haplotypes in 13 isolates from wolves and dogs originating from four sites in eastern and central Slovakia, with all samples bearing a European-type pattern of E. multilocularis. The more than one-third positivity rate of E. multilocularis in wolf faecal samples dispersed over a large part of the country has corroborated the extensive circulation of the parasite in wildlife and confirmed the need to improve intervention control strategies
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    Public work category ADC
    No. of Archival Copy48474
    Repercussion category TOEWS, Emilie - MUSIANI, Marco - CHECKLEY, Sylvia - VISSCHER, Darcy - MASSOLO, Alessandro. A global assessment of Echinococcus multilocularis infections in domestic dogs : proposing a framework to overcome past methodological heterogeneity. In International journal for parasitology. ISSN 0020-7519, 2021, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 379-392.
    KARAMON, Jacek - SAMOREK-PIEROG, Malgorzata - SROKA, Jacek - BILSKA-ZAJAC, Ewa - DABROWSKA, Joanna - KOCHANOWSKI, Maciej - ROZYCKI, Miroslaw - ZDYBEL, Jolanta - CENCEK, Tomasz. The first record of Echinococcus ortleppi (G5) tapeworms in grey wolf (Canis lupus). In Pathogens. ISSN 2076-0817, 2021, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1-11.
    Catal.org.BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici
    Databasexpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ
    ReferencesPERIODIKÁ-Súborný záznam periodika
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