title: The Tibetan hare Lepus oiostolus: a novel intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis.
abstract: Multicystic hydatids have been found in the livers of hares ( Lepus oiostolus) examined from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China. In this study, the causative species was definitively identified as Echinococcus multilocularis by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. This is the first confirmation of larval E. multilocularis from hares. The hydatids contained protoscolices, suggesting that the hare may contribute to the transmission of E. multilocularis on the Tibetan plateau.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1, 078-8510 Asahikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Tiao-Ying
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jia-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Xing-Wang
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schantz
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D034621:Hares / Q000469:parasitology*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial