Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau: host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications

Xu Wang (1) , Jiayu Liu (1) , Qingqiu Zuo , Zhiqiang Mu , Xiaodong Weng , Xiaohui Sun , Junyao Wang , Belgees Boufana (2) , Philip Craig (2) , Patrick Giraudoux (3) , Francis Raoul (3) , Zhenghuan Wang (1)

1 School of Life Sciences
2 Biomedical Sciences Research Institute
3 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)

The eastern part of the Tibetan Plateau is now recognized as an endemic region with the highest reported human infection rates in the world of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. Existing epidemiological studies on AE have mainly focused on the synanthropic environment, while basic parasitological and ecological aspects in wildlife host species remain largely unknown, especially for small mammal hosts. Therefore, we examined small mammal host species composition, occurrence, and the prevalence of both E. multilocularis and E. shiquicus in Shiqu County (Sichuan Province, China), eastern Tibetan Plateau.

Mots clés: E. shiquicus; Echinococcus multilocularis; Prevalence; Small mammal; Tibetan Plateau

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Ecologie, Environnement

Xu Wang, Jiayu Liu, Qingqiu Zuo, Zhiqiang Mu, Xiaodong Weng, et al.. Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau: host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications. Parasites & Vectors, 2018, 11 (1), pp.302. ⟨10.1186/s13071-018-2873-x⟩. ⟨hal-01800618⟩