The house mouse: a potential intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis in France.
An adult house mouse infected with an alveolar hydatid of Echinococcus multilocularis was trapped in the cellar of an inhabited house in a small village in Auvergne (France) where 3 human cases of alveolar hydatid disease had been diagnosed. The rodent harboured a young hepatic larval cyst. This indicated the presence of infective eggs of the parasite inside the house and outbuildings, an important observation concerning the circulation of the parasite in a domestic environment.
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Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Lyon, France.
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Walbaum
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D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus; D005602:France; D051379:Mice / Q000469:parasitology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*