First identification of Echinococcus multilocularis in golden jackals in Croatia.

Abstract:

:Alveolar echinococcosis, caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is one of the world's most dangerous zoonosis and an emerging disease with growing incidence in humans. The disease has been reported in new areas and host species in the last two decades, and the primary hosts of the parasite - red fox, golden jackal and grey wolf - are expanding their distribution in Europe. Here we report the morphological and molecular identification of Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworms in one of 29 carcasses of adult golden jackals in Croatia, where the only previous report of the parasite was in red foxes in 2016. These results suggest that alveolar echinococcosis should be treated as an emerging disease in Croatia.

journal_name

Acta Parasitol

journal_title

Acta parasitologica

authors

Sindičić M,Bujanić M,Štimac I,Martinković F,Tuškan N,Špehar M,Konjević D

doi

10.1515/ap-2018-0076

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-09-25 00:00:00

pages

654-656

issue

3

eissn

1230-2821

issn

1896-1851

pii

/j/ap.2018.63.issue-3/ap-2018-0076/ap-2018-0076.xm

journal_volume

63

pub_type

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