A red fox, Vulpes vulpes shrencki, infected with Echinococcus multilocularis was introduced from Hokkaido Island, where E. multilocularis is endemic, to Aomori, northern part of the mainland Japan.
Kamiya
Haruo
H
Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan. hkamiya@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Inaba
Takashi
T
Sato
Hiroshi
H
Osanai
Arihiro
A
D000818:Animals; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007564:Japan