Azzurra Santoro, Federica Santolamazza, Simone M Cacciò, Giuseppe La Rosa, Daniela Antolová, Herbert Auer, Guna Bagrade, Petra Bandelj, Walter Basso, Relja Beck, Carlo V Citterio, Rebecca K Davidson, Gunita Deksne, Caroline F Frey, Eva Fuglei, Walter Glawischnig, Bruno Gottstein, Jiří Harna, Heidi Huus Petersen, Jacek Karamon, Famke Jansen, Júlia Jarošová, Pikka Jokelainen, Britta Lundström-Stadelmann, Pavlo Maksimov, Milan Miljević, Martina Miterpáková, Epp Moks, Francesco Origgi, Zanda Ozolina, Marie-Pierre Ryser, Thomas Romig, Mindaugas Šarkūnas, Nathalie Scorrano, Urmas Saarma, Viliam Šnábel, Tamás Sréter, Gèrald Umhang, Gorazd Vengušt, Diana Žele Vengušt, Adriano Casulli
The cestode Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, a fatal zoonotic parasitic disease of the northern hemisphere. Red foxes are the main reservoir hosts and, likely, the main drivers of the geographic spread of the disease in Europe. Knowledge of genetic relationships among E. multilocularis isolates at a European scale is key to understanding the dispersal characteristics of E. multilocularis. Hence, the present study aimed to describe the genetic diversity of E. multilocularis isolates obtained from different host species in 19 European countries...
January 19, 2024: International Journal for Parasitology