The Tibetan hare Lepus oiostolus: a novel intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis.
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.
Xiao
Ning
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Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1, 078-8510 Asahikawa, Japan.
Li
Tiao-Ying
TY
Qiu
Jia-Min
JM
Nakao
Minoru
M
Chen
Xing-Wang
XW
Nakaya
Kazuhiro
K
Yamasaki
Hiroshi
H
Schantz
Peter M
PM
Craig
Philip S
PS
Ito
Akira
A
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
D018509:DNA, Helminth; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial