Lasiopodomys fuscus as an important intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis: isolation and phylogenetic identification of the parasite

• Main Authors: Qi-Gang Cai (Author), Xiu-Min Han (Author), Yong-Hai Yang (Author), Xue-Yong Zhang (Author), Li-Qing Ma (Author), Panagiotis Karanis (Author), Yong-Hao Hu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Echinococcus multilocularis causes alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and is widely prevalent in Qinghai Province, China, where a number of different species have been identified as hosts. However, limited information is available on the Qinghai vole (Lasiopodomys fuscus), which is hyp...