Echinococcus multilocularis and Trichinella spiralis infections of wild carnivores in the Ryazan Region

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ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS AND TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS INFECTIONS OF WILD  CARNIVORES IN THE RYAZAN REGION

Andreyanov O.N., Gorochov V.V., Safiullin R.T.
All-Russian K.I. Skryabin Institute of Helminthology.

Summary. 

One established the high rate of prevalence of E. multilocularis and T. spiralis infections in common foxes. The highest number of animals infected by those zoonoses was recorded in the Shilovsk Area and the Kasimovsk Area. 6 of 14 species are capable to parasitize in humans: E. perfoliatus, E. multilocularis, D. caninum, T. spiralis, T. canis, A. caninum and M. catulinus.

© 2015 The Author(s). Published by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin.
This is an open access article under the Agreement of 02.07.2014 (Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) and the Agreement of 12.06.2014 (CABI.org / Human Sciences section).