Environmental distribution of Echinococcus- and Taenia spp.-contaminated dog feces in Kyrgyzstan.

ABSTRACT: Recently, there have been epidemics of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in Kyrgyzstan. This study investigated 2 districts for the presence of Echinococcus granulosus s.l. and Echinococcus multilocularis eggs; species identity was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction in dog feces and the level of environmental contamination with parasite eggs in 2017–2018 was also investigated. In the Alay district 5 villages with a high reported annual incidence of AE of 162 cases per 100 000 and 5 villages in the Kochkor district which had a much lower incidence of 21 cases per 100 000 were investigated. However, the proportion of dog feces containing E. granulosus s.l. eggs was ~4.2 and ~3.5% in Alay and Kochkor respectively. For E. multilocular

SUBMITTER: Abdykerimov KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature