title: Echinococcus multilocularis in Kyrgyzstan: similarity in the Asian EmsB genotypic profiles from village populations of Eastern mole voles (Ellobius tancrei) and dogs in the Alay valley.
abstract: Echinococcus multilocularis is a cestode that causes human alveolar echinococcosis, a lethal zoonosis of public health concern in central Asia and western China. In the present study, one of 42 Eastern mole voles (Ellobius tancrei) caught in Sary Mogol (Alay valley, southern Kyrgyzstan) presented liver lesions with E. multilocularis from which the EmsB target was amplified. The Asian profile obtained was almost identical to one amplified from domestic dog faeces collected in a nearby village. This observation adds additional information to the potential role of E. tancrei in the transmission of E. multilocularis, and to the known distribution range of E. multilocularis (Asian strain) in central Asia.
authors.affiliation: Chrono-environnement Laboratory, UMR 6249 CNRS, University of Franche-Comté,16 route de Gray,F-25030Besançon,France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.affiliation: Chrono-environnement Laboratory, UMR 6249 CNRS, University of Franche-Comté,16 route de Gray,F-25030Besançon,France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.affiliation: Chrono-environnement Laboratory, UMR 6249 CNRS, University of Franche-Comté,16 route de Gray,F-25030Besançon,France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tête
authors.affiliation: ANSES, Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, National, Wildlife Surveillance and Eco-epidemiology Unit,Technopôle Agricole et Vétérinaire, B.P. 40009,54220Malzéville,France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Umhang
authors.affiliation: Chrono-environnement Laboratory, UMR 6249 CNRS, University of Franche-Comté,16 route de Gray,F-25030Besançon,France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rieffel
authors.affiliation: Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford,M5 4WT Salford,UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Kesteren
authors.affiliation: Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich,Switzerland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ziadinov
authors.affiliation: Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford,M5 4WT Salford,UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.affiliation: Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich,Switzerland.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Torgerson
authors.affiliation: Chrono-environnement Laboratory, UMR 6249 CNRS, University of Franche-Comté,16 route de Gray,F-25030Besançon,France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giraudoux
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008971:Moles / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D015801:Helminth Proteins