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Detection of <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> in coyotes in Washington State, USA highlights need for increased global wildlife surveillance
2025-08-27
Abstract excerpt
Echinococcus multilocularis is a zoonotic cestode that uses canids as definitive hosts and rodents as intermediate hosts. In humans, this parasite is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis. Recently, its range has been expanding across the Northern Hemisphere, and it is increasingly detected in wild canids, domestic dogs, and humans across Canada and the United States. While this expansion has been documen...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c9a63763-6d26-5f47-b8cd-3d04626c5097
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.08.26.672275
