Echinococcus multilocularis in European wolves (Canis lupus)

Authors
Martinek, K Kolarova, L Hapl, E Literak, I Uhrin, M
Citation
K. Martinek et al., Echinococcus multilocularis in European wolves (Canis lupus), PARASIT RES, 87(10), 2001, pp. 838-839
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09320113 → ACNP
Volume
87
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
838 - 839
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(200110)87:10<838:EMIEW(>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Nested PCR was used as a diagnostic tool to investigate the presence of Ech inococcus multilocularis tapeworm in protected species of carnivores in Slo vakia. Twenty-three faecal samples from wolves, four samples from bears and three samples from lynx from the Muranska Planina mountains and eight samp les from wolves from the Bukovske Vrchy mountains were examined. E. nultilo cularis DNA was detected in two samples of wolves' faeces from the Muranska Planina mountains and one sample from the Bukovske Vrchy mountains. Examin ation of bears' and lynx faecal samples gave negative results. The detectio n of E. multilocularis in wolves has extended the range of its known defini tive hosts in Europe.