Emerging Echinococcus tapeworms: fecal PCR detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in 26 dogs from the United States and Canada (2022–2024)
Veterinary awareness of endemic risk regions for E multilocularis and its emergence in novel areas (Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Illinois, Washington, Idaho, Kansas, and Oregon) are key for One Health. Dogs can serve as sentinels for Echinococcus tapeworm risk, and detection of E multilocularis tapeworms in dogs through routine qPCR fecal screening can alert clinicians to zoonotic concern and common environmental exposure risk.
Authors
- Pablo David Jimenez Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5596-7380)
- Andrew S. Peregrine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9218-860X)
- Jeffrey Scott Weese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1896-1937)
- Christian M. Leutenegger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0345-3024)
- Emily Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5820-8918)
- Cecilia E. Lozoya
- Michelle D. Evason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8578-7380)
- Lisa Langs Rund
Institutions
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- University of Guelph (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.24.07.0471
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55