First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, February to March 2011

作者：Eva Osterman Lind, Mikael Juremalm, Dan Christensson, Stefan Widgrén, Gunilla Hallgren, Erik Ågren, Henrik Uhlhorn, Ann Lindberg, Maria Cedersmyg, Helene Wahlström · 发表于：Eurosurveillance · 年份：2011 · DOI：10.2807/ese.16.14.19836-en · 被引用次数：82 · 研究领域：Parasitic infections in humans and animals、Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics、Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Surveillance for the fox tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, has been carried out in Sweden since 2000, with about 300 red foxes analysed annually. We report the first finding of E. multilocularis in Sweden, in a fox shot in December 2010 in the south-west of the country. A second infected fox shot in the same location was detected in March 2011. This paper describes the national monitoring programme and the ongoing work to estimate the prevalence and spread of the infection.