在加拿大北克南部野生犬类中埃奇诺科克斯属的流行率和地理分布
Ève-Marie Lavallée-Bourget1,2, Christopher Fernandez-Prada1,2, Ariane Massé2,3
1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.
PloS one
|July 15, 2024
概括
埃奇诺科克 (Echinococcus spp.) 是一种菌. 在北克野生动物中蔓延,已确定了两个对 Echinococcus multilocularis. 的高风险区域. 这项研究强调了寄生虫.
科学领域:
- 兽医寄生虫学 兽医寄生虫学
- 野生动物流行病学
- 动物传播疾病 动物传播疾病
背景情况:
- 埃奇诺科克 (Echinococcus spp.) 是一种菌. 是一种新兴的动物性寄生虫,越来越令人担忧.
- 有限的数据存在于加拿大野生动物水库中 Echinococcus 的分布.
- 加拿大的人类和动物病例不断增加,需要了解寄生虫生态.
研究的目的:
- 估计 Echinococcus spp. 的种类. 在北克野生犬类中,E. multilocularis的流行率.
- 确定高风险感染区域,并评估潜在的风险因素.
- 在检测寄生虫时,请比较共视镜和RT-PCR.
主要方法:
- 在12个北克地区 (从2020年10月到2021年3月) 进行了狼和红狐 (n=707) 便样本的横截面研究.
- 实时PCR用于分子检测 Echinococcus spp. 的实时PCR. 和E. multilocularis. 这类动物.
- 后勤回归分析了感染风险因素.
主要成果:
- 38 Echinococcus spp. 这种菌种类. 在9个地区检测到25例E. multilocularis阳性病例.
- 确定了两个高风险地区:蒙特雷吉 (22.7% Echinococcus spp.) 和巴斯-圣-劳伦特 (26.5% Echinococcus spp. 在 ) 的情况.
- 高风险地区的发病率明显超过外部地区 (3.0% Echinococcus spp. ) 的情况.
结论:
- 埃奇诺科克 (Echinococcus spp.) 是一种菌. 在北克9/12行政区的野生动物中循环.
- 确定的高风险区域需要有针对性的监测和控制战略.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明传播动态和风险因素.
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