The Tibetan Hare Lepus Oiostolus: a Novel Intermediate Host for Echinococcus Multilocularis

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Journal Parasitol Res

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2004 Jan 15

PMID 14722758

Citations 6

Authors

Ning Xiao

Tiao-Ying Li

Jia-Min Qiu

Minoru Nakao

Xing-Wang Chen

Kazuhiro Nakaya

Hiroshi Yamasaki

Peter M Schantz

Philip S Craig

Akira Ito

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Abstract

Multicystic hydatids have been found in the livers of hares ( Lepus oiostolus) examined from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China. In this study, the causative species was definitively identified as Echinococcus multilocularis by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. This is the first confirmation of larval E. multilocularis from hares. The hydatids contained protoscolices, suggesting that the hare may contribute to the transmission of E. multilocularis on the Tibetan plateau.

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