Pasture types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan communities

Q. Wang, D.A. Vuitton, Y. Xiao, C.M. Budke, M. Campos Ponce, P.M. Schantz, F. Raoul, W Yang, P.S. Craig, P. Giraudoux

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Abstract

Our study showed that open pastures had more small mammal burrows than fenced pastures in Tibetan pastoralist communities in 2003. This characteristic was linked to a higher prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs and indicates that pasture type may affect E. multilocularis transmission.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1008-1010
Number of pages3
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2006

Keywords

  • Animals
  • DNA, Helminth
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Dog Diseases
  • Dogs
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic
  • Echinococcus multilocularis
  • Feces
  • Humans
  • Lagomorpha
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Tibet
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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