Genetic survey of alveolar and cystic echinococcoses in Romania: first molecular evidence of Echinococcus multilocularis in humans in the country

• Published in: Helminthologia Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 189 - 198
• Main Authors: Šnábel, V., Calma, C., Georgescu, S. O., CAVALLERO, Serena, D'AMELIO, Stefano, Vasilková, Z., Ito, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Walter de Gruyter GmbH 01.09.2017; De Gruyter Open; De Gruyter Poland; Sciendo
• Subjects: Alveoli; cattle; Diseases; Echinococcosis; echinococcus; Echinococcus multilocularis; echinococcus; romania; genotype; human; cattle; pig; Genetic diversity; Genetic variation; genotype; genotyping; Haplotypes; Hosts; human; humans; intermediate hosts; Microbiology; Mitochondria; Molecular chains; Mutation; North America; Nucleotide sequence; Nucleotides; Patients; pig; QR1-502; Romania; sequence analysis; Surveying; surveys; swine; Ungulates; Zoonoses; Romania; North America

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) are considered as one of the most important zoonotic diseases in Romania, where they are subject to mandatory reporting. To obtain more knowledge about the genetic diversity of causative agents of these diseases, 11 isolates from humans and...