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A field study to control Echinococcus multilocularis-infections of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in an endemic focus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2002

K. TACKMANN ,
U. LÖSCHNER ,
H. MIX ,
C. STAUBACH ,
H.-H. THULKE ,
M. ZILLER  and
F. J. CONRATHS
K. TACKMANN
Affiliation:
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases in Animals, Institute for Epidemiological Diagnostics, Wusterhausen, Germany
U. LÖSCHNER
Affiliation:
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases in Animals, Institute for Epidemiological Diagnostics, Wusterhausen, Germany
H. MIX
Affiliation:
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases in Animals, Institute for Epidemiological Diagnostics, Wusterhausen, Germany
C. STAUBACH
Affiliation:
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases in Animals, Institute of Epidemiology, Wusterhausen, Germany
H.-H. THULKE
Affiliation:
UFZ – Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, Germany
M. ZILLER
Affiliation:
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases in Animals, Institute of Epidemiology, Wusterhausen, Germany
F. J. CONRATHS
Affiliation:
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases in Animals, Institute for Epidemiological Diagnostics, Wusterhausen, Germany
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Foxes harbouring E. multilocularis represent an important source for human infection with this parasite which causes alveolar echinococcosis. To minimize the risk of human infection, a control study was conducted to reduce the prevalence of E. multilocularis-infection in foxes in an focal endemic area of 5000 km2. Foxes were given access to baits containing 50 mg praziquantel. Twenty baits per km2 were distributed by airplane during 14 campaigns. The effects of control measures were monitored by parasitological examination of 9387 foxes shot before and during the control trial. A distinct reduction of the prevalence of E. multilocularis was observed for both, the initially endemic area and the low-endemic periphery. The effect was more pronounced in adult than in juvenile foxes. Under control conditions, the risk area decreased in size. However, an eradication of the parasite was not reached with the chosen strategy.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 127 , Issue 3 , December 2001 , pp. 577 - 587
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2001 Cambridge University Press
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