Copro-diagnosis of Echinococcus multilocularis by a nested PCR in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from northern Italy

Parassitologia. 2004 Dec;46(4):419-20.

Authors

A Casulli¹, G La Rosa, M T Manfredi, A R Di Cerbo, A Dinkel, T Romig, P Deplazes, C Genchi, E Pozio

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 16044705

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA, Helminth / analysis*
Disease Reservoirs
Echinococcosis / diagnosis
Echinococcosis / epidemiology
Echinococcosis / parasitology
Echinococcosis / veterinary*
Echinococcus multilocularis / growth & development
Echinococcus multilocularis / immunology
Echinococcus multilocularis / isolation & purification*
Endemic Diseases / veterinary*
Feces / parasitology*
Foxes / parasitology*
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary*
Italy / epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary*
Prevalence
Sensitivity and Specificity
Species Specificity

Substances

DNA, Helminth