Echinococcus multilocularis in domestic cats in France - A potential risk factor for alveolar hydatid disease contamination in humans

Authors
Petavy, AF Tenora, F Deblock, S Sergent, V
Citation
Af. Petavy et al., Echinococcus multilocularis in domestic cats in France - A potential risk factor for alveolar hydatid disease contamination in humans, VET PARASIT, 87(2-3), 2000, pp. 151-156
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
03044017 → ACNP
Volume
87
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
151 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-4017(200001)87:2-3<151:EMIDCI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
In France, in North of Alps and South of Jura, around the Swiss town of Gen eva. the cestode E. multilocular is was found in three out of 81 domestic c ats necropsied given by veterinarians. Morphological and morphometric featu res established the identity of this species. In an endemic area of alveola r hydatid disease, the prevalence of E. multilocularis in the domestic cat confirms that it is a risk factor for human beings and mainly for veterinar ians. (C)2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.