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. 2012 Dec;18(12):2059-62.
doi: 10.3201/eid1812.120219.

Westward spread of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes, France, 2005-2010

Benoît Combes  1 , Sébastien Comte, Vincent Raton, Francis Raoul, Franck Boué, Gérald Umhang, Stéphanie Favier, Charlotte Dunoyer, Natacha Woronoff, Patrick Giraudoux
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Westward spread of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes, France, 2005-2010

Benoît Combes et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

During 2005-2010, we investigated Echinococcus multilocularis infection within fox populations in a large area in France. The parasite is much more widely distributed than hitherto thought, spreading west, with a much higher prevalence than previously reported. The parasite also is present in the large conurbation of Paris.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Fox locations (A, B) and department map (C), France, 2005–2010. Numbers in B and C are department national identification numbers. Panel B shows a close-up view of the departments of the Paris conurbation. Red circle, Echinococcosus multilocularis–positive fox; white circle, E. multilocularis–negative fox; dark gray, area totally urbanized (75 is Paris intra muros); medium gray, area intensively urbanized; light gray, periurban landscapes. C) Department 68 belongs to the historically echinococcosis-endemic area but could not be explored for the current study.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Model-predicted prevalence (A) and standard error (B) of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes, France, 2005–2010. 1 = 100%.
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