[Intermediate hosts of Echinococcus multilocularis in northeastern France. Description of lesions found in 3 naturally infested rodent species]

Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1986;61(2):235-43. doi: 10.1051/parasite/1986612235.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors describe lesions of Echinococcus multilocularis larvae found in one of 476 Clethrionomys glareolus and one of 16 Arvicola terrestris examined from Lorraine and in four Microtus arvalis from Jura. The receptivity of each of these host-species is discussed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arvicolinae / parasitology
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / pathology
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / veterinary
  • Echinococcus / physiology*
  • Female
  • France
  • Male
  • Rodent Diseases / parasitology
  • Rodent Diseases / pathology
  • Rodentia / parasitology*