[Detection of echinococcal infection in rodents and shrews caught in Asahikawa and Kushiro districts].
During the May-October period of 1983, rodents and shrews were caught in Asahikawa and Kushiro districts and examined for the presence of echinococcal infection. 603 individuals representing 8 species and 110 individuals of 9 species were collected in Asahikawa and Kushiro districts, respectively. Among these animals, a vole, Clethrionomys rutilus mikado caught in Akkeshi in Kusiro district was infected with larval Echinococcus multilocularis, but no evidence of echinococcal infection was found in the animals caught in Asahikawa.
D000818:Animals; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000635:transmission; D004446:Echinococcus; D007564:Japan; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012788:Shrews / Q000469:parasitology*