The aim of the present study was to estimate the genetic diversity of the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863 in Poland based on sequence analysis of the mitochondrial genes of worms isolated from red foxes, Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus). Overall, 83 adults of E. multilocularis from the same number of foxes in different parts of Poland were used for analysis. Sequences of the three mi...

A 33 month-old male flying squirrel kept in a zoo developed progressive dyspnea and died. Macroscopically, the liver and lung were enlarged with numerous nodular vesicles. Histologically, these organs were replaced by numerous collapsed vesicles demarcated by fibrous tissues. The cysts lined by a cellular, germinal layer contained numerous brood capsules with abundant production of well-develop...

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an endemic zoonosis in France due to the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis. The French National Reference Centre for Alveolar Echinococcosis (CNR-EA), connected to the FrancEchino network, is responsible for recording all AE cases diagnosed in France. Administrative, epidemiological and medical information on the French AE cases may currently be considered exha...

Parenteral strobilation of Echinococcus multilocularis was observed in acid (severe combined immuno-deficient) mice after intracerebral, subcutaneous and intraperitoneal inoculation with protoscoleces. Evaginated protoscoleces and segmented worms were obtained at the inoculated sites. Most worms recovered from peritoneal cavity of scid mice were encapsulated by connective tissue and granulocyte...

Commercial western blot (WB) assay was used to detect serum antibodies specific to Echinococcus multilocularis in 23 horses in which infection was confirmed by postmortem inspection at a slaughterhouse. Livers contained from 1 to >20 nodular lesions; foci diameter ranged from 1 to 25 mm. Antibody tests of serum from all 23 animals were negative for antigen bands at 7, 16, 18, and 26-28 kDa, whi...

Rapid communications First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, February to March 2011 4 by E Osterman Lind, M Juremalm, D Christensson, S Widgren, G Hallgren, EO Ågren, H Uhlhorn, A Lindberg, M Cedersmyg, H Wahlström Gonorrhoea treatment failures to cefixime and azithromycin in England, 2010 7 by CA Ison, J Hussey, KN Sankar, J Evans, S Alexander Outbreak of rotavirus gastroente...

Two fbms of human echinococcosis or hydatidosis have been reportedinJapan: alveolar hydatidosis (AHD), which is caused by larval Echinococcus multilocularis, and cystic hydatidosis (CHD), which is caused by larval E. granulosus ( 1 ). Thee hundred and eighty-three AHD cases were reported from 1937-1998 in Hokkaido, a large northemmost island of Japan (2). In contrast, CHD cases were reported fr...

BACKGROUND Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a severe chronic parasitic disease which behaves like a slow-growing liver cancer. Clinical observations suggest that the parasite, Echinococcus multilocularis (E. multilocularis) influences liver homeostasis and hepatic cell metabolism. However, this has never been analyzed during the time course of infection in the common model of secondary echinococ...