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. Issue 6 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Afonso, E.; Knapp, J.; Tête, N.; Umhang, G.; Rieffel, D.; van Kesteren, F.; Ziadinov, I.; Craig, P.S.; Torgerson, P.R.; Giraudoux, P.
• Is Part Of: Journal of helminthology. Volume 89:Issue 6(2015)
• Page Start: 664
• Page End: 670
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Helminthology -- Periodicals; 592.3
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X15000474
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-149X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p> <italic>Echinococcus multilocularis</italic> 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 (<italic>Ellobius tancrei)</italic> caught in Sary Mogol (Alay valley, southern Kyrgyzstan) presented liver lesions with <italic>E. multilocularis</italic> 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 <italic>E. tancrei</italic> in the transmission of <italic>E. multilocularis, </italic> and to the known distribution range of <italic>E. multilocularis</italic> (Asian strain) in central Asia.</p> </abstract>