First identification of Echinococcus multilocularis in golden jackals in Croatia

Alveolar echinococcosis, caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis , is one of the world’s most dangerous zoonosis and an emerging disease with growing incidence in humans. The disease has been reported in new areas and host species in the last two decades, and the primary hosts of the para...

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Published in:	Acta parasitologica Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 654 - 656
Main Authors:	Sindičić, Magda, Bujanić, Miljenko, Štimac, Iva, Martinković, Franjo, Tuškan, Nikolina, Špehar, Marina, Konjević, Dean
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 25-09-2018 De Gruyter Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	alveolar echinococcosis Alveoli Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Animals Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Canidae Carcasses Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - parasitology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary Croatia - epidemiology Echinococcosis Echinococcosis - epidemiology Echinococcosis - parasitology Echinococcosis - veterinary Echinococcus multilocularis Echinococcus multilocularis - classification Echinococcus multilocularis - isolation & purification Ecology emerging disease Foxes Geography Humans Jackals - parasitology Medical Microbiology Microbiology Molecular chains Parasitic diseases Parasitology Research Note Zoonoses Croatia emerging disease alveolar echinococcosis Echinococcus multilocularis Canis aureus
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Summary:	Alveolar echinococcosis, caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis , is one of the world’s most dangerous zoonosis and an emerging disease with growing incidence in humans. The disease has been reported in new areas and host species in the last two decades, and the primary hosts of the parasite — red fox, golden jackal and grey wolf — are expanding their distribution in Europe. Here we report the morphological and molecular identification of Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworms in one of 29 carcasses of adult golden jackals in Croatia, where the only previous report of the parasite was in red foxes in 2016. These results suggest that alveolar echinococcosis should be treated as an emerging disease in Croatia.
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ISSN:	1230-2821 1896-1851
DOI:	10.1515/ap-2018-0076