title: [Epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis in France. 1. Intestinal helminths in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) from Haute-Savoie].
abstract: In the course of an epidemiological survey concerning the alveolar echinococcosis and its causative agent, Echinococcus multilocularis, the autopsies of 150 wild red foxes captured in the department of the Haute-Savoie between December 1983 and August 1988 disclosed 139 cases of intestinal helminthiasis with cestodes and nematodes; no trematode was found. Multiple infections were frequent. The cestoda recorded consist of the following species: Taenia crassiceps: 44 cases (29%); Echinococcus multilocularis: 34 cases (23%); Taenia polyacantha: 22 cases (14%); Mesocestoides litteratus: 7 cases (4.6%); Amoebotaenia paradoxa: 1 case (0.6%). The Nematoda concerned are: Uncinaria stenocephala: 79 cases (52%); Toxocara canis: 67 cases (44%); Toxascaris leonina: 16 cases (10%); Trichuris vulpis: 12 cases (8%); Pterygodermatites affinis: 8 cases (5%); Trichostrongyloidea sp.: 5 cases (3%). The animals were not examined for Trichinella spiralis. The results are compared with those observed anteriorly in the province of Auvergne (France).
authors.affiliation: Parasitologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Lyon.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Pétavy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deblock
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prost
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie de l'échinococcose alvéolaire en France. I. Helminthes intestinaux du renard commun (Vulpes vulpes L.) en Haute-Savoie.