Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in carnivores in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran using mitochondrial DNA.

• Main Authors: Molouk Beiromvand (Author), Lame Akhlaghi (Author), Seyed Hossein Fattahi Massom (Author), Iraj Mobedi (Author), Ahmad Reza Meamar (Author), Hormozd Oormazdi (Author), Abbas Motevalian (Author), Elham Razmjou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Echinococcus multilocularis is the source of alveolar echinococcosis, a potentially fatal zoonotic disease. This investigation assessed the presence of E. multilocularis infection in definitive hosts in the Chenaran region of Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...