Echinococcus multilocularis infections of rural, residential and urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland

被引：53

作者：

Fisher, C

Reperant, LA

Weber, JM

Hegglin, D

Deplazes, P

机构：

[1] Univ Zurich, Inst Parasitol, Zurich, Switzerland

[2] KORA, CH-2053 Cernier, Switzerland

[3] Univ Lausanne, Dept Ecol & Evolut, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

来源：

PARASITE | 2005年 / 12卷 / 04期

关键词：

Echinccoccus multilocularis; Vulpes; red fox; urbanisation; zoonosis; Switzerland;

D O I：

10.1051/parasite/2005124339

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

We examined 267 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes from the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, for intestinal infections with Echinococcus multitocularis. This region is situated in the core area of the endemic range of this zoonotic cestode in Central Europe. Several factors were taken into account and urbanisation level appeared to be the most explicative to describe observed differences, The prevalence decreased significantly from rural and residential areas (prevalence of 52 %, Cl 43-62 %, and 49 %, Cl 38-59 %, respectively) to the urban area (prevalence of 3 1 %, Cl 19-42 A few juvenile foxes harboured very high burdens up to more than 120,000 worms and were significantly more heavily infected than adults. The intensity of infection decreased from rural and residential areas to the city, suggesting a lower contamination of the urban environment.

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