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Assessing the role of individual foxes in environmental contamination with Echinococcus multilocularis through faecal samples.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Jun 2024
Malik Da Silva Abdou, Afonso Eve, Raoul Francis, Giraudoux Patrick, Mergey Marina, Umhang Gérald, Courquet Sandra, Rieffel Dominique, Millon Laurence, Knapp Jenny
Abstract excerpt
Key parasite transmission parameters are difficult to obtain from elusive wild animals. For Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), the red fox is responsible for most of the environmental contamination in Europe. The identification of individual spreaders of E. multilocularis environmental contamination is crucial to improving our understanding of the ecology of parasite...
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