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Echinococcus species from red foxes, corsac foxes, and wolves in Mongolia.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 2013
Ito Akira, Chuluunbaatar Gantigmaa, Yanagida Tetsuya, Davaasuren Anu, Sumiya Battulga, Asakawa Mitsuhiko, Ki Toshiaki, Nakaya Kazuhiro, Davaajav Abmed, Dorjsuren Temuulen, Nakao Minoru, Sako Yasuhito
Abstract excerpt
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...
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