[A new natural intermediate host of Echinococcus multilocularis in France: the muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus L.)].
The musk rat is a natural intermediate host of Echinococcus multilocularis in the Territoire de Belfort (East France). Its role in a selvatic cycle is discussed. When hunted, it can transmit the parasite to man, through dog infection.
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans
Un nouvel hôte intermédiaire naturel d'Echinococcus multilocularis en France: le rat musqué (Ondatra zibethicus L.).