European Haplotype of <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> in the United States
Louis B. Polish, Elise M. O’Connell, Thomas F.E. Barth, Bruno Gottstein, Anne M. Zajac, Pamela Church Gibson, Aissatou Bah, Megan Kirchgessner, Марко Эстрада, M. Alexis Seguin, Roger Ramírez
Abstract
Alveolar echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, a small cyclophyllid tapeworm, is a severe parasitic disease in humans.Two years after the diagnosis of a European haplotype of E. multilocularis in a patient in Vermont (Patient VT1) who did not have a history of exposure to alveolar echinococcosis abroad, 1 the disease was diagnosed in a second patient in Vermont (Patient VT2), who also did not have such exposure history.
Topics & Concepts
Echinococcus multilocularisHaplotypeMedicineEchinococcusEchinococcosisCestodaGeneticsPathologyHelminthsImmunologyGenotypeBiologyGeneParasitic infections in humans and animalsCongenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryAmoebic Infections and Treatments