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16402566

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
We examined 267 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, for intestinal infections with Echinococcus multilocularis. This region is situated in the core area of the endemic range of this zoonotic cestode in Central Europe. Several factors were taken into account and urbanisation level appeared to be the most explicative to describe observed differences. The prevalence decreased significantly from rural and residential areas (prevalence of 52%, CI 43-62%, and 49%, CI 38-59 %, respectively) to the urban area (prevalence of 31%, CI 19-42%). A few juvenile foxes harboured very high burdens up to more than 120,000 worms and were significantly more heavily infected than adults. The intensity of infection decreased from rural and residential areas to the city, suggesting a lower contamination of the urban environment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1252-607X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
339-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Echinococcus multlocularis infections of rural, residential and urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
pubmed:affiliation
Université de Lausanne, Département d'ecologie et evolution, Bâtiment de biologie, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't