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Note on the first occurrence of larval Echinococcus multilocularis in Clethrionomys rex in Hokkaido, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

K. Takahashi  and
K. Nakata
K. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, N19 W12 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan
K. Nakata
Affiliation:
Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Bibai, Hokkaido, 079-01, Japan
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Abstract

Larval Echinococcus multilocularis was found in Clethrionomys rex in Hokkaido, Japan. C. rex is a new host record for E. multilocularis. The cysts were filled with numerous protoscoleces suggesting a potential role of this vole in a natural cycle of transmission.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 265 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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