ArticleParasitology research2009
Echinococcus multilocularis--adaptation of a worm egg isolation procedure coupled with a multiplex PCR assay to carry out large-scale screening of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Norway.
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- Egg intensity and freeze-thawing of fecal samples affect sensitivity of Echinococcus multilocularis detection by PCR.Parasitology research · 2014Article
- Laboratory assessment of sensitive molecular tools for detection of low levels of Echinococcus multilocularis-eggs in fox (Vulpes vulpes) faeces.Parasites & vectors · 2014Article
- Echinococcus multilocularis in North America: the great unknown.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2014Review
- The prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes in Poland--current results (2009-2013).Parasitology research · 2014Article
- An improved method for the extraction and quantification of adult Echinococcus from wildlife definitive hosts.Parasitology research · 2013Article
- Molecular identification of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in small mammals from Northeast, Iran.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013Article
- Specific detection of Echinococcus spp. from the Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata) and the red fox (V. vulpes) using copro-DNA PCR analysis.Parasitology research · 2012Article
- Ulnar mononeuropathy associated with eosinophilia.Paediatrics and international child health · 2012Article
- Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in carnivores in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran using mitochondrial DNA.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2011Article
- Combining information from surveys of several species to estimate the probability of freedom from Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, Finland and mainland Norway.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2011Article
- PCR detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum in faecal samples of dogs and foxes.Parasitology research · 2010Article
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Abstract
Echinococcus multilocularis, causing alveolar echinococcosis in humans, is a highly pathogenic emerging zoonotic disease in central Europe. The gold standard for the identification of this parasite in the main host, the red fox, namely identification of the adult parasite in the intestine at necropsy, is very laborious. Copro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been suggested as an acceptable alternative, but no commercial copro-ELISA tests are currently available and an in-house test is therefore required. Published methods for taeniid egg isolation and a multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous identification of E. multilocularis, E. granulosus and other cestodes were adapted to be carried out on pooled faecal samples from red foxes in Norway. None of the 483 fox faecal samples screened were PCR-positive for E. multilocularis, indicating an apparent prevalence of between 0% and 1.5%. The advantages and disadvantages of using the adapted method are discussed as well as the results pertaining to taeniid and non-taeniid cestodes as identified by multiplex PCR.
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