Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States.

ABSTRACT: Taenia crassiceps is a parasite of wild canids and dogs that serve as definite hosts, harboring the adult cestode, whereas rodents are the intermediate hosts in which the metacestode/cysticercus/larval stage occurs. Fecal-oral transmission ensures the parasite's lifecycle. At times, dogs and humans act as accidental intermediate hosts. Despite the public health concern this parasite warrants, its epidemiology remains unclear. In this report, we document the occurrence of metacestodes of T. crassiceps in a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) and a domestic dog from the northeastern United States, a development that necessitates increased awareness and surveillance to tackle this disease of "one health" significance. Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis was confirmed in an ad

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9966494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature