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Echinococcus species from red foxes, corsac foxes, and wolves in Mongolia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2013

AKIRA ITO ,
GANTIGMAA CHULUUNBAATAR ,
TETSUYA YANAGIDA ,
ANU DAVAASUREN ,
BATTULGA SUMIYA ,
MITSUHIKO ASAKAWA ,
TOSHIAKI KI ,
KAZUHIRO NAKAYA ,
ABMED DAVAAJAV  and
TEMUULEN DORJSUREN
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AKIRA ITO*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
GANTIGMAA CHULUUNBAATAR
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan Laboratory of Entomology, Mongolian Academy of Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
TETSUYA YANAGIDA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
ANU DAVAASUREN
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan Department of Parasitology, National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
BATTULGA SUMIYA
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Entomology, Mongolian Academy of Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
MITSUHIKO ASAKAWA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
TOSHIAKI KI
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
KAZUHIRO NAKAYA
Affiliation:
Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Center for Advanced Research and Education, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
ABMED DAVAAJAV
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
TEMUULEN DORJSUREN
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan Department of Medical Biology, School of Biomedicine, Health Science University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
MINORU NAKAO
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
YASUHITO SAKO
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
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*Corresponding author. Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan. Tel.: +81 166 68 2686. Fax: +81 166 68 2429. E-mail: akiraito@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
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Summary

The small intestines of 420 wild canids (111 corsac foxes, 191 red foxes and 118 wolves) from Mongolia, were examined for adult worms of the genus Echinococcus. The Mongolian genotype of Echinococcus multilocularis was found in fifteen red foxes and four wolves, whereas two genotypes (G6/7 and G10) of Echinococcus canadensis were found in two and three wolves, respectively. No adult Echinococcus worms were found in the corsac foxes examined. The genotypes of E. multilocularis and E. canadensis are discussed in terms of host specificity and distribution in Mongolia. The importance of wolves in the completion of the life cycle of Echinococcus spp. is also discussed.

Keywords

Echinococcus multilocularisEchinococcus canadensisAsian and Mongolian genotypes G6/7 and G10red foxcorsac foxwolfMongolia

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Parasitology , Volume 140 , Special Issue 13: Control of cestode zoonoses in Asia: role of basic and applied science , November 2013 , pp. 1648 - 1654
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