title: Frequency distribution of Echinococcus granulosus in dog populations in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
abstract: Age-prevalence and age-intensity data of Echinococcus granulosus in dog populations were collected in four counties in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The frequency distribution of the parasite per dog was adequately described by the negative binomial model, with parameter k being 0.0571. The mathematical model of the life cycle of E. granulosus constructed by Roberts et al. (1986--Parasitology, Vol. 92, pages 621-641) was used to estimate the epidemiologic parameters of E. granulosus in Xinjiang. This model showed that the prevailing infection pressure on dogs was 0.4560 infectious insults year-1 and the mean length of an infection was 1.4975 years. The effect of acquired immunity on the prevalence of E. granulosus in dogs was considered to be insignificant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Tolley
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008954:Models, Biological; D015995:Prevalence