Lasiopodomys fuscus as an important intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis: isolation and phylogenetic identification of the parasite

Lasiopodomys fuscus as an important intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis: isolation and phylogenetic identification of the parasite

Abstract Background Echinococcus multilocularis causes alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and is widely prevalent in Qinghai Province, China, where a number of different species have been identified as hosts. However, limited information is available on the Qinghai vole (Lasiopodomys fuscus), which is hyp...

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Main Authors: Qi-Gang Cai, Xiu-Min Han, Yong-Hai Yang, Xue-Yong Zhang, Li-Qing Ma, Panagiotis Karanis, Yong-Hao Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Echinococcus multilocularis
Alveolar echinococcosis
Qinghai voles
Lasiopodomys fuscus
PCR
Sequencing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0409-4

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