First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in two species of nonhuman primates raised in a zoo: A fatal case in Cercopithecus diana and a strongly suspected case of spontaneous recovery in Macaca nigra

• Published in: Parasitology international Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 621 - 626
• Main Authors: Yamano, Kimiaki, Kouguchi, Hirokazu, Uraguchi, Kohji, Mukai, Takeshi, Shibata, Chikako, Yamamoto, Hideaki, Takaesu, Noboru, Ito, Masaki, Makino, Yoshinori, Takiguchi, Mitsuyoshi, Yagi, Kinpei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.08.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Zoo; antibodies; Blotting, Western - veterinary; Cercopithecus; Cercopithecus diana; computed tomography; definitive hosts; DNA-directed DNA polymerase; echinococcosis; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - parasitology; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - veterinary; Echinococcus multilocularis; Echinococcus multilocularis - isolation & purification; eggs; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary; Fatal Outcome; feces; Female; females; foxes; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; histopathology; humans; Indonesia; Infectious Disease; ingestion; intermediate hosts; Japan; liver; Macaca; Macaca nigra; Monkey Diseases - parasitology; parasites; polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; Remission, Spontaneous; serodiagnosis; Spontaneous recovery; surveys; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - veterinary; voles; Vulpes; Vulpes vulpes; Western blotting; Zoo; zoos; Japan; Indonesia; Echinococcus multilocularis; Spontaneous recovery; Zoo; Cercopithecus diana; Macaca nigra

The causative parasite of alveolar echinococcosis, Echinococcus multilocularis, maintains its life cycle between red foxes (Vulpes vulples, the definitive hosts) and voles (the intermediate hosts) in Hokkaido, Japan. Primates, including humans, and some other mammal species can be infected by the ac...